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+module Facter
+ module Util
+ module PuppetSettings
+ # This method is intended to provide a convenient way to evaluate a
+ # Facter code block only if Puppet is loaded. This is to account for the
+ # situation where the fact happens to be in the load path, but Puppet is
+ # not loaded for whatever reason. Perhaps the user is simply running
+ # facter without the --puppet flag and they happen to be working in a lib
+ # directory of a module.
+ def self.with_puppet
+ begin
+ Module.const_get("Puppet")
+ rescue NameError
+ nil
+ else
+ yield
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end