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+require 'puppet/parser/functions'
+
+Puppet::Parser::Functions.newfunction(:ensure_resources,
+ :type => :statement,
+ :doc => <<-'ENDOFDOC'
+Takes a resource type, title (only hash), and a list of attributes that describe a
+resource.
+
+ user { 'dan':
+ gid => 'mygroup',
+ ensure => present,
+ }
+
+An hash of resources should be passed in and each will be created with
+the type and parameters specified if it doesn't already exist.
+
+ ensure_resources('user', {'dan' => { gid => 'mygroup', uid => '600' } , 'alex' => { gid => 'mygroup' }}, {'ensure' => 'present'})
+
+From Hiera Backend:
+
+userlist:
+ dan:
+ gid: 'mygroup'
+ uid: '600'
+ alex:
+ gid: 'mygroup'
+
+Call:
+ensure_resources('user', hiera_hash('userlist'), {'ensure' => 'present'})
+
+ENDOFDOC
+) do |vals|
+ type, title, params = vals
+ raise(ArgumentError, 'Must specify a type') unless type
+ raise(ArgumentError, 'Must specify a title') unless title
+ params ||= {}
+
+ if title.is_a?(Hash)
+ resource_hash = title.dup
+ resources = resource_hash.keys
+
+ Puppet::Parser::Functions.function(:ensure_resource)
+ resources.each { |resource_name|
+ if resource_hash[resource_name]
+ params_merged = params.merge(resource_hash[resource_name])
+ else
+ params_merged = params
+ end
+ function_ensure_resource([ type, resource_name, params_merged ])
+ }
+ else
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'ensure_resources(): Requires second argument to be a Hash')
+ end
+end