gistfile1.txt

/etc/puppet/modules/tomcat6.
	manifests
		init.pp
	templates
		log4j_properties.erb

# log4j_properties.erb contains

log4j.logger.org.apache.commons.httpclient = <%= loglevel_default %>

# /etc/puppet/modules/tomcat6/manifests/init.pp

class tomcat6 {

        define configuration($tomcat_loglevel) {
               file { $name: content => template("tomcat6/server_xml.erb") }
        }

      
	
	package { tomcat6: ensure => latest }

	$user = 'tomcat'
	$group = 'root'
	
	$loglevel_default = 'DEBUG'
 
	configuration { "/etc/tomcat6/server.xml": tomcat_loglevel => 'DEBUG' }
}


/etc/puppet/modules/app-1.
	manifests
		init.pp
	

# /etc/puppet/modules/app-1/manifests/init.pp
class app-1 {
}

class newtomcat inherits tomcat6 {

        Configuration["/etc/tomcat6/log4j.properties"] { tomcat_loglevel => 'WARN' }

}


# my modules.pp
import "tomcat6"
import "app-1"

# my node.pp

node 'server1.internal.server' {
	include app-1
	include newtomcat

}