# Provides a label for an object. # This simple implementation calls #to_s on the given object, and handles articles 'a/an/the'. # module Puppet::Pops::LabelProvider VOWELS = %w{a e i o u y} SKIPPED_CHARACTERS = %w{" '} A = "a" AN = "an" # Provides a label for the given object by calling `to_s` on the object. # The intent is for this method to be overridden in concrete label providers. def label o o.to_s end # Produces a label for the given text with indefinite article (a/an) def a_an o text = label(o) "#{article(text)} #{text}" end # Produces a label for the given text with indefinite article (A/An) def a_an_uc o text = label(o) "#{article(text).capitalize} #{text}" end # Produces a label for the given text with *definite article* (the). def the o "the #{label(o)}" end # Produces a label for the given text with *definite article* (The). def the_uc o "The #{label(o)}" end # Appends 's' to (optional) text if count != 1 else an empty string def plural_s(count, text = '') count == 1 ? text : "#{text}s" end # Combines several strings using commas and a final conjunction def combine_strings(strings, conjunction = 'or') case strings.size when 0 '' when 1 strings[0] when 2 "#{strings[0]} #{conjunction} #{strings[1]}" else "#{strings[0...-1].join(', ')}, #{conjunction} #{strings.last}" end end # Produces an *indefinite article* (a/an) for the given text ('a' if # it starts with a vowel) This is obviously flawed in the general # sense as may labels have punctuation at the start and this method # does not translate punctuation to English words. Also, if a vowel is # pronounced as a consonant, the article should not be "an". # def article s article_for_letter(first_letter_of(s)) end private def first_letter_of(string) char = string[0,1] if SKIPPED_CHARACTERS.include? char char = string[1,1] end if char == "" raise Puppet::DevError, "<#{string}> does not appear to contain a word" end char end def article_for_letter(letter) downcased = letter.downcase if VOWELS.include? downcased AN else A end end end