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+#
+# is_email_address.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:is_email_address, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Returns true if the string passed to this function is a valid email address.
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+ if arguments.size != 1
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_email_address(): Wrong number of arguments given #{arguments.size} for 1")
+ end
+
+ # Taken from http://emailregex.com/ (simpler regex)
+ valid_email_regex = %r{\A([\w+\-].?)+@[a-z\d\-]+(\.[a-z]+)*\.[a-z]+\z}
+ return (arguments[0] =~ valid_email_regex) == 0
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :