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+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__),"..","..",".."))
+require 'puppet/util/postgresql_validator'
+
+# This file contains a provider for the resource type `postgresql_conn_validator`,
+# which validates the puppetdb connection by attempting an https connection.
+
+Puppet::Type.type(:postgresql_conn_validator).provide(:ruby) do
+ desc "A provider for the resource type `postgresql_conn_validator`,
+ which validates the PostgreSQL connection by attempting a query
+ to the target PostgreSQL server."
+
+ # Test to see if the resource exists, returns true if it does, false if it
+ # does not.
+ #
+ # Here we simply monopolize the resource API, to execute a test to see if the
+ # database is connectable. When we return a state of `false` it triggers the
+ # create method where we can return an error message.
+ #
+ # @return [bool] did the test succeed?
+ def exists?
+ validator.attempt_connection(resource[:sleep], resource[:tries])
+ end
+
+ # This method is called when the exists? method returns false.
+ #
+ # @return [void]
+ def create
+ # If `#create` is called, that means that `#exists?` returned false, which
+ # means that the connection could not be established... so we need to
+ # cause a failure here.
+ raise Puppet::Error, "Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server! (#{resource[:host]}:#{resource[:port]})"
+ end
+
+ # Returns the existing validator, if one exists otherwise creates a new object
+ # from the class.
+ #
+ # @api private
+ def validator
+ @validator ||= Puppet::Util::PostgresqlValidator.new(resource)
+ end
+
+end
+