Intelligent Provider Action
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action :do_something do | |
# So that we can refer to these within the sub-run-context block. | |
cached_new_resource = new_resource | |
cached_current_resource = current_resource | |
# Setup a sub-run-context. | |
sub_run_context = @run_context.dup | |
sub_run_context.resource_collection = Chef::ResourceCollection.new | |
# Declare sub-resources within the sub-run-context. Since they are declared here, | |
# they do not pollute the parent run-context. | |
begin | |
original_run_context, @run_context = @run_context, sub_run_context | |
file cached_new_resource.path | |
execute cached_new_resource.command do | |
not_if { ::File.exist?(cached_new_resource.other_path) } | |
end | |
ensure | |
@run_context = original_run_context | |
end | |
# Converge the sub-run-context inside the provider action. | |
# Make sure to mark the resource as updated-by-last-action if any sub-run-context | |
# resources were updated (any actual actions taken against the system) during the | |
# sub-run-context convergence. | |
begin | |
Chef::Runner.new(sub_run_context).converge | |
ensure | |
if sub_run_context.resource_collection.any?(&:updated?) | |
new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true) | |
end | |
end | |
end |
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