[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: making a library global?

[Adam Jacob < >]

resource_name is used for lookup and stringification of resources:

@resource_name = :pylabs_qshell

Means you can do:

resources(:pylabs_qshell => "foo")

Adam

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Daniel DeLeo 
<
 >
 wrote:
>>
>> -- START --
>> require 'chef/resource/script'
>>
>> class Chef
>>  class Resource
>>    class QShell < Chef::Resource::Script
>>
>>      def initialize(name, run_context=nil)
>>        super
>>       
>> 
 
>>  = :pylabs_qshell
>>       
>> 
 
>>  = "/opt/qbase3/qshell -f"
>>      end
>>
>>    end
>>  end
>> end
>> -- END --
>>
>> All required files are in my client cache, but still I get a
>> NoMethodError on "pylabs_qshell", which is the @resource_name.
>>
>> 2010-07-19_09:41:42.73142 [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:41:42 +0200] ERROR: 
>> NoMethodError
>> 2010-07-19_09:41:42.73143 [Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:41:42 +0200] FATAL:
>> undefined method `pylabs_qshell' for #<Chef::Recipe:0x7fc7e53f9aa8>
>> 2010-07-19_09:41:42.73143
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.6/bin/../lib/chef/mixin/recipe_definition_dsl_core.rb:55:in
>> `method_missing'
>> 2010-07-19_09:41:42.73143
>> /srv/chef/cache/cookbooks/dss/recipes/pylabs.rb:23:in `from_file'
>> 2010-07-19_09:41:42.73144
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.9.6/bin/../lib/chef/cookbook_version.rb:316:in
>> `load_recipe'
>>
>> What am I missing here?
>>
>> Ringo
>>
>
> Resources are looked up by finding a constant defined on
> Chef::Resource matching the CamelCased name of the method you called,
> so calling pylabs_qshell causes chef to look for
> Chef::Resource::PylabsQshell. I'm not sure what the resource_name is
> used for, but it doesn't manipulate the way the method names map to
> resource classes.
>
> Dan DeLeo
>



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