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+Puppet::Network::Handler::Node.newnode_source(:none, :fact_merge => true) do
+    desc "Always return an empty node object.  This is the node source you should
+        use when you don't have some other, functional source you want to use,
+        as the compiler will not work without this node information."
+
+    # Just return an empty node.
+    def nodesearch(name)
+        newnode(name)
+    end
+end