4 module Puppet::Parser::Functions
5 newfunction(:is_string, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-DOC
7 **Deprecated:** Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a string.
10 Returns `true` or `false`
12 > **Note:* **Deprecated** Will be removed in a future version of stdlib. See
13 [`validate_legacy`](#validate_legacy).
17 function_deprecation([:is_string, 'This method is deprecated, please use the stdlib validate_legacy function,
18 with Stdlib::Compat::String. There is further documentation for validate_legacy function in the README.'])
20 raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_string(): Wrong number of arguments given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.empty?
24 # when called through the v4 API shim, undef gets translated to nil
25 result = type.is_a?(String) || type.nil?
27 if result && (type == type.to_f.to_s || type == type.to_i.to_s)
35 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :