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+require 'puppet/node'
+require 'puppet/indirector/plain'
+
+class Puppet::Node::Plain < Puppet::Indirector::Plain
+    desc "Always return an empty node object. Assumes you keep track of nodes
+        in flat file manifests.  You should use it when you don't have some other,
+        functional source you want to use, as the compiler will not work without a
+        valid node terminus.
+
+        Note that class is responsible for merging the node's facts into the
+        node instance before it is returned."
+
+    # Just return an empty node.
+    def find(name)
+        node = super
+        node.fact_merge
+        node
+    end
+end