1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/modules.rb b/lib/puppet/modules.rb
index cf611b82c..2d48a6a4e 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/modules.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/modules.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Support for modules
 class Puppet::Module
 
+    TEMPLATES = "templates"
+
     # Return an array of paths by splitting the +modulepath+ config
     # parameter. Only consider paths that are absolute and existing
     # directories
@@ -32,11 +34,39 @@ class Puppet::Module
 
     # Instance methods
 
+    # Find the concrete file denoted by +file+. If +file+ is absolute,
+    # return it directly. Otherwise try to find it as a template in a
+    # module. If that fails, return it relative to the +templatedir+ config
+    # param.
+    # In all cases, an absolute path is returned, which does not
+    # necessarily refer to an existing file
+    def self.find_template(file)
+        if file =~ /^#{File::SEPARATOR}/
+            return file
+        end
+
+        mod = find(file)
+        if mod
+            return mod.template(file)
+        else
+            return File.join(Puppet[:templatedir], file)
+        end
+    end
+
     attr_reader :name, :path
     def initialize(name, path)
         @name = name
         @path = path
     end
 
+    def strip(file)
+        n, rest = file.split(File::SEPARATOR, 2)
+        return rest
+    end
+
+    def template(file)
+        return File::join(path, TEMPLATES, strip(file))
+    end
+
     private :initialize
 end