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+# Some simple methods for helping manage automatic documentation generation.
+module Puppet::Util::Docs
+    # Specify the actual doc string.
+    def desc(str)
+        @doc = str
+    end
+
+    # Add a new autodoc block.  We have to define these as class methods,
+    # rather than just sticking them in a hash, because otherwise they're
+    # too difficult to do inheritance with.
+    def dochook(name, &block)
+        method = "dochook_" + name.to_s
+
+        meta_def method, &block
+    end
+
+    # Generate the full doc string.
+    def doc
+        extra = methods.find_all { |m| m.to_s =~ /^dochook_.+/ }.collect { |m|
+            self.send(m)
+        }.join("  ")
+
+        @doc + extra
+    end
+end
+
+# $Id$