4 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/rails/resource.rb b/lib/puppet/rails/resource.rb
index a5cdd0c13..582cdd41a 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/rails/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/rails/resource.rb
@@ -212,16 +212,16 @@ class Puppet::Rails::Resource < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
     hash[:scope] = scope
     hash[:source] = scope.source
-    hash[:params] = []
+    hash[:parameters] = []
     names = []
     self.param_names.each do |pname|
       # We can get the same name multiple times because of how the
       # db layout works.
       next if names.include?(pname.name)
       names << pname.name
-      hash[:params] << pname.to_resourceparam(self, scope.source)
+      hash[:parameters] << pname.to_resourceparam(self, scope.source)
     end
-    obj = Puppet::Parser::Resource.new(hash)
+    obj = Puppet::Parser::Resource.new(hash.delete("type"), hash.delete("title"), hash)
 
     # Store the ID, so we can check if we're re-collecting the same resource.
     obj.rails_id = self.id
diff --git a/lib/puppet/resource.rb b/lib/puppet/resource.rb
index d163d93f0..55874aec8 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/resource.rb
@@ -409,6 +409,9 @@ class Puppet::Resource
     if    (argtitle || argtype) =~ /^([^\[\]]+)\[(.+)\]$/m then [ $1,                 $2            ]
     elsif argtitle                                         then [ argtype,            argtitle      ]
     elsif argtype.is_a?(Puppet::Type)                      then [ argtype.class.name, argtype.title ]
+    elsif argtype.is_a?(Hash)                              then
+      raise ArgumentError, "Puppet::Resource.new does not take a hash as the first argument. "+
+        "Did you mean (#{(argtype[:type] || argtype["type"]).inspect}, #{(argtype[:title] || argtype["title"]).inspect }) ?"
     else raise ArgumentError, "No title provided and #{argtype.inspect} is not a valid resource reference"
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/unit/rails/resource_spec.rb b/spec/unit/rails/resource_spec.rb
index ac7469355..08deda65e 100755
--- a/spec/unit/rails/resource_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/rails/resource_spec.rb
@@ -104,4 +104,20 @@ describe "Puppet::Rails::Resource" do
       @resource.merge_parameters(merge_resource)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#to_resource" do
+    it "should instantiate a Puppet::Parser::Resource" do
+      scope = stub "scope", :source => nil
+
+      @resource = Puppet::Rails::Resource.new
+      @resource.stubs(:attributes).returns({
+        "restype" => 'notify',
+        "title"   => 'hello'
+      })
+      @resource.stubs(:param_names).returns([])
+
+      @resource.to_resource(scope).should be_a(Puppet::Parser::Resource)
+
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/resource_spec.rb b/spec/unit/resource_spec.rb
index 95f0dd04b..204a2b02e 100755
--- a/spec/unit/resource_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/resource_spec.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ describe Puppet::Resource do
     lambda { Puppet::Resource.new("foo") }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
   end
 
+  it "should fail if the title is a hash and the type is not a valid resource reference string" do
+    lambda { Puppet::Resource.new({:type => "foo", :title => "bar"}) }.should raise_error(ArgumentError,
+      'Puppet::Resource.new does not take a hash as the first argument. Did you mean ("foo", "bar") ?'
+    )
+  end
+
   it "should be able to produce a backward-compatible reference array" do
     Puppet::Resource.new("foobar", "/f").to_trans_ref.should == %w{Foobar /f}
   end