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+require 'puppet/ssl'
+
+# The base class for wrapping SSL instances.
+class Puppet::SSL::Base
+    def self.wraps(klass)
+        @wrapped_class = klass
+    end
+
+    def self.wrapped_class
+        raise(Puppet::DevError, "%s has not declared what class it wraps" % self) unless defined?(@wrapped_class)
+        @wrapped_class
+    end
+
+    attr_accessor :name, :content
+
+    # Is this file for the CA?
+    def ca?
+        name == Puppet::SSL::Host.ca_name
+    end
+
+    def generate
+        raise Puppet::DevError, "%s did not override 'generate'" % self.class
+    end
+
+    def initialize(name)
+        @name = name
+    end
+
+    # Read content from disk appropriately.
+    def read(path)
+        @content = wrapped_class.new(File.read(path))
+    end
+
+    # Convert our thing to pem.
+    def to_s
+        return "" unless content
+        content.to_pem
+    end
+
+    # Provide the full text of the thing we're dealing with.
+    def to_text
+        return "" unless content
+        content.to_text
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def wrapped_class
+        self.class.wrapped_class
+    end
+end