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+# Requires the specified classes
+Puppet::Parser::Functions::newfunction(:require,
+        :doc =>"Evaluate one or more classes,  adding the required class as a dependency.
+
+The relationship metaparameters work well for specifying relationships
+between individual resources, but they can be clumsy for specifying 
+relationships between classes.  This function is a superset of the
+'include' function, adding a class relationship so that the requiring
+class depends on the required class.
+
+.. Warning::
+  using require in place of include can lead to unwanted dependency cycles.
+  For instance the following manifest, with 'require' instead of 'include'
+  would produce a nasty dependence cycle, because notify imposes a before
+  between File[/foo] and Service[foo]::
+
+    class myservice {
+       service { foo: ensure => running }
+    }
+
+    class otherstuff {
+       include myservice
+       file { '/foo': notify => Service[foo] }
+    }
+
+") do |vals|
+        send(:function_include, vals)
+        vals = [vals] unless vals.is_a?(Array)
+
+        # add a relation from ourselves to each required klass
+        vals.each do |klass|
+            compiler.catalog.add_edge(resource, findresource(:class, klass))
+        end
+end