FILE: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\var\lib\puppet\parser\functions\load_module_metadata.rb

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# load_module_metadata.rb
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module Puppet::Parser::Functions
  newfunction(:load_module_metadata, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-DOC
    @summary
      This function loads the metadata of a given module.

    @example Example USage:
      $metadata = load_module_metadata('archive')
      notify { $metadata['author']: }

    @return
      The modules metadata
  DOC
             ) do |args|
    raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'load_module_metadata(): Wrong number of arguments, expects one or two') unless [1, 2].include?(args.size)
    mod = args[0]
    allow_empty_metadata = args[1]
    module_path = function_get_module_path([mod])
    metadata_json = File.join(module_path, 'metadata.json')

    metadata_exists = File.exists?(metadata_json) # rubocop:disable Lint/DeprecatedClassMethods : Changing to .exist? breaks the code
    if metadata_exists
      metadata = PSON.load(File.read(metadata_json))
    else
      metadata = {}
      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "load_module_metadata(): No metadata.json file for module #{mod}") unless allow_empty_metadata
    end

    return metadata
  end
end

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