1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/resource.rb b/lib/puppet/resource.rb
index 39803b077..7dea270e8 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/resource.rb
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ class Puppet::Resource
     end
   end
 
+  # This stub class is only needed for serialization compatibility with 0.25.x
+  class Reference
+    attr_accessor :type,:title
+    def initialize(type,title)
+      @type,@title = type,title
+    end
+  end
+
   # Create our resource.
   def initialize(type, title = nil, attributes = {})
     @parameters = {}
@@ -180,6 +188,8 @@ class Puppet::Resource
     tag(self.type)
     tag(self.title) if valid_tag?(self.title)
 
+    @reference = Reference.new(@type,@title) # for serialization compatibility with 0.25.x
+
     raise ArgumentError, "Invalid resource type #{type}" if strict? and ! resource_type
   end