1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/rails/param_value.rb b/lib/puppet/rails/param_value.rb
index f463608a6..a176413eb 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/rails/param_value.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/rails/param_value.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 class Puppet::Rails::ParamValue < ActiveRecord::Base
     belongs_to :param_name
     belongs_to :resource
+
+    def value
+        val = self[:value]
+        if val =~ /^--- \!/
+            YAML.load(val)
+        else
+            val
+        end
+    end
+
+    # I could not find a cleaner way to handle making sure that resource references
+    # were consistently serialized and deserialized.
+    def value=(val)
+        if val.is_a?(Puppet::Parser::Resource::Reference)
+            self[:value] = YAML.dump(val)
+        else
+            self[:value] = val
+        end
+    end
 end
 
 # $Id$