chef 14.5.27-universal-mingw32 → 14.5.33-universal-mingw32

data/lib/chef/node/attribute.rb

@@ -1,645 +1,645 @@
-#--
-# Author:: Adam Jacob (<adam@chef.io>)
-# Author:: AJ Christensen (<aj@chef.io>)
-# Copyright:: Copyright 2008-2018, Chef Software Inc.
-# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-require "chef/node/mixin/deep_merge_cache"
-require "chef/node/mixin/immutablize_hash"
-require "chef/node/mixin/state_tracking"
-require "chef/node/immutable_collections"
-require "chef/node/attribute_collections"
-require "chef/decorator/unchain"
-require "chef/mixin/deep_merge"
-require "chef/log"
-
-class Chef
-  class Node
-
-    # == Attribute
-    # Attribute implements a nested key-value (Hash) and flat collection
-    # (Array) data structure supporting multiple levels of precedence, such
-    # that a given key may have multiple values internally, but will only
-    # return the highest precedence value when reading.
-    class Attribute < Mash
-
-      include Immutablize
-      # FIXME:  what is include Enumerable doing up here, when down below we delegate
-      # most of the Enumerable/Hash things to the underlying merged ImmutableHash.  That
-      # is, in fact, the correct, thing to do, while including Enumerable to try to create
-      # a hash-like API gets lots of things wrong because of the difference between the
-      # Hash `each do |key, value|` vs the Array-like `each do |value|` API that Enumerable
-      # expects.  This include should probably be deleted?
-      include Enumerable
-
-      include Chef::Node::Mixin::DeepMergeCache
-      include Chef::Node::Mixin::StateTracking
-      include Chef::Node::Mixin::ImmutablizeHash
-
-      # List of the component attribute hashes, in order of precedence, low to
-      # high.
-      COMPONENTS = [
-        :@default,
-        :@env_default,
-        :@role_default,
-        :@force_default,
-        :@normal,
-        :@override,
-        :@role_override,
-        :@env_override,
-        :@force_override,
-        :@automatic,
-      ].freeze
-
-      DEFAULT_COMPONENTS = [
-        :@default,
-        :@env_default,
-        :@role_default,
-        :@force_default,
-      ].freeze
-
-      OVERRIDE_COMPONENTS = [
-        :@override,
-        :@role_override,
-        :@env_override,
-        :@force_override,
-      ].freeze
-
-      [:all?,
-       :any?,
-       :assoc,
-       :chunk,
-       :collect,
-       :collect_concat,
-       :compare_by_identity,
-       :compare_by_identity?,
-       :count,
-       :cycle,
-       :detect,
-       :drop,
-       :drop_while,
-       :each,
-       :each_cons,
-       :each_entry,
-       :each_key,
-       :each_pair,
-       :each_slice,
-       :each_value,
-       :each_with_index,
-       :each_with_object,
-       :empty?,
-       :entries,
-       :except,
-       :fetch,
-       :find,
-       :find_all,
-       :find_index,
-       :first,
-       :flat_map,
-       :flatten,
-       :grep,
-       :group_by,
-       :has_value?,
-       :include?,
-       :index,
-       :inject,
-       :invert,
-       :key,
-       :keys,
-       :length,
-       :map,
-       :max,
-       :max_by,
-       :merge,
-       :min,
-       :min_by,
-       :minmax,
-       :minmax_by,
-       :none?,
-       :one?,
-       :partition,
-       :rassoc,
-       :reduce,
-       :reject,
-       :reverse_each,
-       :select,
-       :size,
-       :slice_before,
-       :sort,
-       :sort_by,
-       :store,
-       :symbolize_keys,
-       :take,
-       :take_while,
-       :to_a,
-       :to_h,
-       :to_hash,
-       :to_set,
-       :value?,
-       :values,
-       :values_at,
-       :zip].each do |delegated_method|
-         define_method(delegated_method) do |*args, &block|
-           merged_attributes.send(delegated_method, *args, &block)
-         end
-       end
-
-       # return the cookbook level default attribute component
-      attr_reader :default
-
-       # return the role level default attribute component
-      attr_reader :role_default
-
-       # return the environment level default attribute component
-      attr_reader :env_default
-
-       # return the force_default level attribute component
-      attr_reader :force_default
-
-       # return the "normal" level attribute component
-      attr_reader :normal
-
-       # return the cookbook level override attribute component
-      attr_reader :override
-
-       # return the role level override attribute component
-      attr_reader :role_override
-
-       # return the enviroment level override attribute component
-      attr_reader :env_override
-
-       # return the force override level attribute component
-      attr_reader :force_override
-
-       # return the automatic level attribute component
-      attr_reader :automatic
-
-      def initialize(normal, default, override, automatic, node = nil)
-        @default        = VividMash.new(default, self, node, :default)
-        @env_default    = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :env_default)
-        @role_default   = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :role_default)
-        @force_default  = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :force_default)
-
-        @normal         = VividMash.new(normal, self, node, :normal)
-
-        @override       = VividMash.new(override, self, node, :override)
-        @role_override  = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :role_override)
-        @env_override   = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :env_override)
-        @force_override = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :force_override)
-
-        @automatic      = VividMash.new(automatic, self, node, :automatic)
-
-        super(nil, self, node, :merged)
-      end
-
-       # Debug what's going on with an attribute. +args+ is a path spec to the
-       # attribute you're interested in. For example, to debug where the value
-       # of `node[:network][:default_interface]` is coming from, use:
-       #   debug_value(:network, :default_interface).
-       # The return value is an Array of Arrays.  The Arrays
-       # are pairs of `["precedence_level", value]`, where precedence level is
-       # the component, such as role default, normal, etc. and value is the
-       # attribute value set at that precedence level. If there is no value at
-       # that precedence level, +value+ will be the symbol +:not_present+.
-      def debug_value(*args)
-        COMPONENTS.map do |component|
-          value =
-            begin
-              instance_variable_get(component).read!(*args)
-            rescue
-              :not_present
-            end
-          [component.to_s.sub(/^@/, ""), value]
-        end
-      end
-
-       # Set the cookbook level default attribute component to +new_data+.
-      def default=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @default = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :default)
-      end
-
-       # Set the role level default attribute component to +new_data+
-      def role_default=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @role_default = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :role_default)
-      end
-
-       # Set the environment level default attribute component to +new_data+
-      def env_default=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @env_default = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :env_default)
-      end
-
-       # Set the force_default (+default!+) level attributes to +new_data+
-      def force_default=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @force_default = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :force_default)
-      end
-
-       # Set the normal level attribute component to +new_data+
-      def normal=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @normal = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :normal)
-      end
-
-       # Set the cookbook level override attribute component to +new_data+
-      def override=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @override = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :override)
-      end
-
-       # Set the role level override attribute component to +new_data+
-      def role_override=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @role_override = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :role_override)
-      end
-
-       # Set the environment level override attribute component to +new_data+
-      def env_override=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @env_override = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :env_override)
-      end
-
-      def force_override=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @force_override = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :force_override)
-      end
-
-      def automatic=(new_data)
-        reset
-        @automatic = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :automatic)
-      end
-
-       #
-       # Deleting attributes
-       #
-
-       # clears attributes from all precedence levels
-      def rm(*args)
-        with_deep_merged_return_value(self, *args) do
-          rm_default(*args)
-          rm_normal(*args)
-          rm_override(*args)
-        end
-      end
-
-       # clears attributes from all default precedence levels
-       #
-       # similar to: force_default!['foo']['bar'].delete('baz')
-       # - does not autovivify
-       # - does not trainwreck if interior keys do not exist
-      def rm_default(*args)
-        with_deep_merged_return_value(combined_default, *args) do
-          default.unlink(*args)
-          role_default.unlink(*args)
-          env_default.unlink(*args)
-          force_default.unlink(*args)
-        end
-      end
-
-       # clears attributes from normal precedence
-       #
-       # equivalent to: normal!['foo']['bar'].delete('baz')
-       # - does not autovivify
-       # - does not trainwreck if interior keys do not exist
-      def rm_normal(*args)
-        normal.unlink(*args)
-      end
-
-       # clears attributes from all override precedence levels
-       #
-       # equivalent to: force_override!['foo']['bar'].delete('baz')
-       # - does not autovivify
-       # - does not trainwreck if interior keys do not exist
-      def rm_override(*args)
-        with_deep_merged_return_value(combined_override, *args) do
-          override.unlink(*args)
-          role_override.unlink(*args)
-          env_override.unlink(*args)
-          force_override.unlink(*args)
-        end
-      end
-
-      def with_deep_merged_return_value(obj, *path, last)
-        hash = obj.read(*path)
-        return nil unless hash.is_a?(Hash)
-        ret = hash[last]
-        yield
-        ret
-      end
-
-      private :with_deep_merged_return_value
-
-       #
-       # Replacing attributes without merging
-       #
-
-       # sets default attributes without merging
-       #
-       # - this API autovivifies (and cannot trainwreck)
-      def default!(*args)
-        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :default!) unless args.length > 0
-        write(:default, *args)
-      end
-
-       # sets normal attributes without merging
-       #
-       # - this API autovivifies (and cannot trainwreck)
-      def normal!(*args)
-        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :normal!) unless args.length > 0
-        write(:normal, *args)
-      end
-
-       # sets override attributes without merging
-       #
-       # - this API autovivifies (and cannot trainwreck)
-      def override!(*args)
-        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :override!) unless args.length > 0
-        write(:override, *args)
-      end
-
-       # clears from all default precedence levels and then sets force_default
-       #
-       # - this API autovivifies (and cannot trainwreck)
-      def force_default!(*args)
-        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :force_default!) unless args.length > 0
-        value = args.pop
-        rm_default(*args)
-        write(:force_default, *args, value)
-      end
-
-       # clears from all override precedence levels and then sets force_override
-      def force_override!(*args)
-        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :force_override!) unless args.length > 0
-        value = args.pop
-        rm_override(*args)
-        write(:force_override, *args, value)
-      end
-
-       #
-       # Accessing merged attributes.
-       #
-       # Note that merged_attributes('foo', 'bar', 'baz') can be called to compute only the
-       # deep merge of node['foo']['bar']['baz'], but in practice we currently always compute
-       # all of node['foo'] even if the user only requires node['foo']['bar']['baz'].
-       #
-
-      def merged_attributes(*path)
-        merge_all(path)
-      end
-
-      def combined_override(*path)
-        immutablize(merge_overrides(path))
-      end
-
-      def combined_default(*path)
-        immutablize(merge_defaults(path))
-      end
-
-      def normal_unless(*args)
-        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :normal_unless) unless args.length > 0
-        write(:normal, *args) if normal.read(*args[0...-1]).nil?
-      end
-
-      def default_unless(*args)
-        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :default_unless) unless args.length > 0
-        write(:default, *args) if default.read(*args[0...-1]).nil?
-      end
-
-      def override_unless(*args)
-        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :override_unless) unless args.length > 0
-        write(:override, *args) if override.read(*args[0...-1]).nil?
-      end
-
-      def has_key?(key)
-        COMPONENTS.any? do |component_ivar|
-          instance_variable_get(component_ivar).key?(key)
-        end
-      end
-       # method-style access to attributes (has to come after the prepended ImmutablizeHash)
-
-      def read(*path)
-        merged_attributes.read(*path)
-      end
-
-      def read!(*path)
-        merged_attributes.read!(*path)
-      end
-
-      def exist?(*path)
-        merged_attributes.exist?(*path)
-      end
-
-      def write(level, *args, &block)
-        send(level).write(*args, &block)
-      end
-
-      def write!(level, *args, &block)
-        send(level).write!(*args, &block)
-      end
-
-      def unlink(level, *path)
-        send(level).unlink(*path)
-      end
-
-      def unlink!(level, *path)
-        send(level).unlink!(*path)
-      end
-
-      alias :attribute? :has_key?
-      alias :member? :has_key?
-      alias :include? :has_key?
-      alias :key? :has_key?
-
-      alias :each_attribute :each
-
-      def to_s
-        merged_attributes.to_s
-      end
-
-      def inspect
-        "#<#{self.class} " << (COMPONENTS + [:@merged_attributes, :@properties]).map do |iv|
-          "#{iv}=#{instance_variable_get(iv).inspect}"
-        end.join(", ") << ">"
-      end
-
-      private
-
-       # Helper method for merge_all/merge_defaults/merge_overrides.
-       #
-       # apply_path(thing, [ "foo", "bar", "baz" ]) = thing["foo"]["bar"]["baz"]
-       #
-       # The path value can be nil in which case the whole component is returned.
-       #
-       # It returns nil (does not raise an exception) if it walks off the end of an Mash/Hash/Array, it does not
-       # raise any TypeError if it attempts to apply a hash key to an Integer/String/TrueClass, and just returns
-       # nil in that case.
-       #
-      def apply_path(component, path)
-        path ||= []
-        path.inject(component) do |val, path_arg|
-          if val.respond_to?(:[])
-            # Have an Array-like or Hash-like thing
-            if !val.respond_to?(:has_key?)
-              # Have an Array-like thing
-              val[path_arg]
-            elsif val.key?(path_arg)
-              # Hash-like thing (must check has_key? first to protect against Autovivification)
-              val[path_arg]
-            else
-              nil
-            end
-          else
-            nil
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-       # For elements like Fixnums, true, nil...
-      def safe_dup(e)
-        e.dup
-      rescue TypeError
-        e
-      end
-
-       # Deep merge all attribute levels using hash-only merging between different precidence
-       # levels (so override arrays completely replace arrays set at any default level).
-       #
-       # The path allows for selectively deep-merging a subtree of the node object.
-       #
-       # @param path [Array] Array of args to method chain to descend into the node object
-       # @return [attr] Deep Merged values (may be VividMash, Hash, Array, etc) from the node object
-      def merge_all(path)
-        components = [
-          merge_defaults(path),
-          apply_path(@normal, path),
-          merge_overrides(path),
-          apply_path(@automatic, path),
-        ]
-
-        ret = components.inject(NIL) do |merged, component|
-          hash_only_merge!(merged, component)
-        end
-        ret == NIL ? nil : ret
-      end
-
-       # Deep merge the default attribute levels with array merging.
-       #
-       # The path allows for selectively deep-merging a subtree of the node object.
-       #
-       # @param path [Array] Array of args to method chain to descend into the node object
-       # @return [attr] Deep Merged values (may be VividMash, Hash, Array, etc) from the node object
-      def merge_defaults(path)
-        ret = DEFAULT_COMPONENTS.inject(NIL) do |merged, component_ivar|
-          component_value = apply_path(instance_variable_get(component_ivar), path)
-          deep_merge!(merged, component_value)
-        end
-        ret == NIL ? nil : ret
-      end
-
-       # Deep merge the override attribute levels with array merging.
-       #
-       # The path allows for selectively deep-merging a subtree of the node object.
-       #
-       # @param path [Array] Array of args to method chain to descend into the node object
-       # @return [attr] Deep Merged values (may be VividMash, Hash, Array, etc) from the node object
-      def merge_overrides(path)
-        ret = OVERRIDE_COMPONENTS.inject(NIL) do |merged, component_ivar|
-          component_value = apply_path(instance_variable_get(component_ivar), path)
-          deep_merge!(merged, component_value)
-        end
-        ret == NIL ? nil : ret
-      end
-
-       # needed for __path__
-      def convert_key(key)
-        key.kind_of?(Symbol) ? key.to_s : key
-      end
-
-      NIL = Object.new
-
-      # @api private
-      def deep_merge!(merge_onto, merge_with)
-        # If there are two Hashes, recursively merge.
-        if merge_onto.kind_of?(Hash) && merge_with.kind_of?(Hash)
-          merge_with.each do |key, merge_with_value|
-            value =
-              if merge_onto.key?(key)
-                deep_merge!(safe_dup(merge_onto[key]), merge_with_value)
-              else
-                merge_with_value
-              end
-
-            # internal_set bypasses converting keys, does convert values and allows writing to immutable mashes
-            merge_onto.internal_set(key, value)
-          end
-          merge_onto
-
-        elsif merge_onto.kind_of?(Array) && merge_with.kind_of?(Array)
-          merge_onto |= merge_with
-
-        # If merge_with is nil, don't replace merge_onto
-        elsif merge_with.nil?
-          merge_onto
-
-        # In all other cases, replace merge_onto with merge_with
-        else
-          if merge_with.kind_of?(Hash)
-            Chef::Node::VividMash.new(merge_with)
-          elsif merge_with.kind_of?(Array)
-            Chef::Node::AttrArray.new(merge_with)
-          else
-            merge_with
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      # @api private
-      def hash_only_merge!(merge_onto, merge_with)
-        # If there are two Hashes, recursively merge.
-        if merge_onto.kind_of?(Hash) && merge_with.kind_of?(Hash)
-          merge_with.each do |key, merge_with_value|
-            value =
-              if merge_onto.key?(key)
-                hash_only_merge!(safe_dup(merge_onto[key]), merge_with_value)
-              else
-                merge_with_value
-              end
-
-            # internal_set bypasses converting keys, does convert values and allows writing to immutable mashes
-            merge_onto.internal_set(key, value)
-          end
-          merge_onto
-
-        # If merge_with is nil, don't replace merge_onto
-        elsif merge_with.nil?
-          merge_onto
-
-        # In all other cases, replace merge_onto with merge_with
-        else
-          if merge_with.kind_of?(Hash)
-            Chef::Node::ImmutableMash.new(merge_with)
-          elsif merge_with.kind_of?(Array)
-            Chef::Node::ImmutableArray.new(merge_with)
-          else
-            merge_with
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
+#--
+# Author:: Adam Jacob (<adam@chef.io>)
+# Author:: AJ Christensen (<aj@chef.io>)
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2008-2018, Chef Software Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+require "chef/node/mixin/deep_merge_cache"
+require "chef/node/mixin/immutablize_hash"
+require "chef/node/mixin/state_tracking"
+require "chef/node/immutable_collections"
+require "chef/node/attribute_collections"
+require "chef/decorator/unchain"
+require "chef/mixin/deep_merge"
+require "chef/log"
+
+class Chef
+  class Node
+
+    # == Attribute
+    # Attribute implements a nested key-value (Hash) and flat collection
+    # (Array) data structure supporting multiple levels of precedence, such
+    # that a given key may have multiple values internally, but will only
+    # return the highest precedence value when reading.
+    class Attribute < Mash
+
+      include Immutablize
+      # FIXME:  what is include Enumerable doing up here, when down below we delegate
+      # most of the Enumerable/Hash things to the underlying merged ImmutableHash.  That
+      # is, in fact, the correct, thing to do, while including Enumerable to try to create
+      # a hash-like API gets lots of things wrong because of the difference between the
+      # Hash `each do |key, value|` vs the Array-like `each do |value|` API that Enumerable
+      # expects.  This include should probably be deleted?
+      include Enumerable
+
+      include Chef::Node::Mixin::DeepMergeCache
+      include Chef::Node::Mixin::StateTracking
+      include Chef::Node::Mixin::ImmutablizeHash
+
+      # List of the component attribute hashes, in order of precedence, low to
+      # high.
+      COMPONENTS = [
+        :@default,
+        :@env_default,
+        :@role_default,
+        :@force_default,
+        :@normal,
+        :@override,
+        :@role_override,
+        :@env_override,
+        :@force_override,
+        :@automatic,
+      ].freeze
+
+      DEFAULT_COMPONENTS = [
+        :@default,
+        :@env_default,
+        :@role_default,
+        :@force_default,
+      ].freeze
+
+      OVERRIDE_COMPONENTS = [
+        :@override,
+        :@role_override,
+        :@env_override,
+        :@force_override,
+      ].freeze
+
+      [:all?,
+       :any?,
+       :assoc,
+       :chunk,
+       :collect,
+       :collect_concat,
+       :compare_by_identity,
+       :compare_by_identity?,
+       :count,
+       :cycle,
+       :detect,
+       :drop,
+       :drop_while,
+       :each,
+       :each_cons,
+       :each_entry,
+       :each_key,
+       :each_pair,
+       :each_slice,
+       :each_value,
+       :each_with_index,
+       :each_with_object,
+       :empty?,
+       :entries,
+       :except,
+       :fetch,
+       :find,
+       :find_all,
+       :find_index,
+       :first,
+       :flat_map,
+       :flatten,
+       :grep,
+       :group_by,
+       :has_value?,
+       :include?,
+       :index,
+       :inject,
+       :invert,
+       :key,
+       :keys,
+       :length,
+       :map,
+       :max,
+       :max_by,
+       :merge,
+       :min,
+       :min_by,
+       :minmax,
+       :minmax_by,
+       :none?,
+       :one?,
+       :partition,
+       :rassoc,
+       :reduce,
+       :reject,
+       :reverse_each,
+       :select,
+       :size,
+       :slice_before,
+       :sort,
+       :sort_by,
+       :store,
+       :symbolize_keys,
+       :take,
+       :take_while,
+       :to_a,
+       :to_h,
+       :to_hash,
+       :to_set,
+       :value?,
+       :values,
+       :values_at,
+       :zip].each do |delegated_method|
+         define_method(delegated_method) do |*args, &block|
+           merged_attributes.send(delegated_method, *args, &block)
+         end
+       end
+
+       # return the cookbook level default attribute component
+      attr_reader :default
+
+       # return the role level default attribute component
+      attr_reader :role_default
+
+       # return the environment level default attribute component
+      attr_reader :env_default
+
+       # return the force_default level attribute component
+      attr_reader :force_default
+
+       # return the "normal" level attribute component
+      attr_reader :normal
+
+       # return the cookbook level override attribute component
+      attr_reader :override
+
+       # return the role level override attribute component
+      attr_reader :role_override
+
+       # return the enviroment level override attribute component
+      attr_reader :env_override
+
+       # return the force override level attribute component
+      attr_reader :force_override
+
+       # return the automatic level attribute component
+      attr_reader :automatic
+
+      def initialize(normal, default, override, automatic, node = nil)
+        @default        = VividMash.new(default, self, node, :default)
+        @env_default    = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :env_default)
+        @role_default   = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :role_default)
+        @force_default  = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :force_default)
+
+        @normal         = VividMash.new(normal, self, node, :normal)
+
+        @override       = VividMash.new(override, self, node, :override)
+        @role_override  = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :role_override)
+        @env_override   = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :env_override)
+        @force_override = VividMash.new({}, self, node, :force_override)
+
+        @automatic      = VividMash.new(automatic, self, node, :automatic)
+
+        super(nil, self, node, :merged)
+      end
+
+       # Debug what's going on with an attribute. +args+ is a path spec to the
+       # attribute you're interested in. For example, to debug where the value
+       # of `node[:network][:default_interface]` is coming from, use:
+       #   debug_value(:network, :default_interface).
+       # The return value is an Array of Arrays.  The Arrays
+       # are pairs of `["precedence_level", value]`, where precedence level is
+       # the component, such as role default, normal, etc. and value is the
+       # attribute value set at that precedence level. If there is no value at
+       # that precedence level, +value+ will be the symbol +:not_present+.
+      def debug_value(*args)
+        COMPONENTS.map do |component|
+          value =
+            begin
+              instance_variable_get(component).read!(*args)
+            rescue
+              :not_present
+            end
+          [component.to_s.sub(/^@/, ""), value]
+        end
+      end
+
+       # Set the cookbook level default attribute component to +new_data+.
+      def default=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @default = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :default)
+      end
+
+       # Set the role level default attribute component to +new_data+
+      def role_default=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @role_default = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :role_default)
+      end
+
+       # Set the environment level default attribute component to +new_data+
+      def env_default=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @env_default = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :env_default)
+      end
+
+       # Set the force_default (+default!+) level attributes to +new_data+
+      def force_default=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @force_default = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :force_default)
+      end
+
+       # Set the normal level attribute component to +new_data+
+      def normal=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @normal = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :normal)
+      end
+
+       # Set the cookbook level override attribute component to +new_data+
+      def override=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @override = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :override)
+      end
+
+       # Set the role level override attribute component to +new_data+
+      def role_override=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @role_override = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :role_override)
+      end
+
+       # Set the environment level override attribute component to +new_data+
+      def env_override=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @env_override = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :env_override)
+      end
+
+      def force_override=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @force_override = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :force_override)
+      end
+
+      def automatic=(new_data)
+        reset
+        @automatic = VividMash.new(new_data, self, __node__, :automatic)
+      end
+
+       #
+       # Deleting attributes
+       #
+
+       # clears attributes from all precedence levels
+      def rm(*args)
+        with_deep_merged_return_value(self, *args) do
+          rm_default(*args)
+          rm_normal(*args)
+          rm_override(*args)
+        end
+      end
+
+       # clears attributes from all default precedence levels
+       #
+       # similar to: force_default!['foo']['bar'].delete('baz')
+       # - does not autovivify
+       # - does not trainwreck if interior keys do not exist
+      def rm_default(*args)
+        with_deep_merged_return_value(combined_default, *args) do
+          default.unlink(*args)
+          role_default.unlink(*args)
+          env_default.unlink(*args)
+          force_default.unlink(*args)
+        end
+      end
+
+       # clears attributes from normal precedence
+       #
+       # equivalent to: normal!['foo']['bar'].delete('baz')
+       # - does not autovivify
+       # - does not trainwreck if interior keys do not exist
+      def rm_normal(*args)
+        normal.unlink(*args)
+      end
+
+       # clears attributes from all override precedence levels
+       #
+       # equivalent to: force_override!['foo']['bar'].delete('baz')
+       # - does not autovivify
+       # - does not trainwreck if interior keys do not exist
+      def rm_override(*args)
+        with_deep_merged_return_value(combined_override, *args) do
+          override.unlink(*args)
+          role_override.unlink(*args)
+          env_override.unlink(*args)
+          force_override.unlink(*args)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def with_deep_merged_return_value(obj, *path, last)
+        hash = obj.read(*path)
+        return nil unless hash.is_a?(Hash)
+        ret = hash[last]
+        yield
+        ret
+      end
+
+      private :with_deep_merged_return_value
+
+       #
+       # Replacing attributes without merging
+       #
+
+       # sets default attributes without merging
+       #
+       # - this API autovivifies (and cannot trainwreck)
+      def default!(*args)
+        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :default!) unless args.length > 0
+        write(:default, *args)
+      end
+
+       # sets normal attributes without merging
+       #
+       # - this API autovivifies (and cannot trainwreck)
+      def normal!(*args)
+        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :normal!) unless args.length > 0
+        write(:normal, *args)
+      end
+
+       # sets override attributes without merging
+       #
+       # - this API autovivifies (and cannot trainwreck)
+      def override!(*args)
+        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :override!) unless args.length > 0
+        write(:override, *args)
+      end
+
+       # clears from all default precedence levels and then sets force_default
+       #
+       # - this API autovivifies (and cannot trainwreck)
+      def force_default!(*args)
+        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :force_default!) unless args.length > 0
+        value = args.pop
+        rm_default(*args)
+        write(:force_default, *args, value)
+      end
+
+       # clears from all override precedence levels and then sets force_override
+      def force_override!(*args)
+        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :force_override!) unless args.length > 0
+        value = args.pop
+        rm_override(*args)
+        write(:force_override, *args, value)
+      end
+
+       #
+       # Accessing merged attributes.
+       #
+       # Note that merged_attributes('foo', 'bar', 'baz') can be called to compute only the
+       # deep merge of node['foo']['bar']['baz'], but in practice we currently always compute
+       # all of node['foo'] even if the user only requires node['foo']['bar']['baz'].
+       #
+
+      def merged_attributes(*path)
+        merge_all(path)
+      end
+
+      def combined_override(*path)
+        immutablize(merge_overrides(path))
+      end
+
+      def combined_default(*path)
+        immutablize(merge_defaults(path))
+      end
+
+      def normal_unless(*args)
+        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :normal_unless) unless args.length > 0
+        write(:normal, *args) if normal.read(*args[0...-1]).nil?
+      end
+
+      def default_unless(*args)
+        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :default_unless) unless args.length > 0
+        write(:default, *args) if default.read(*args[0...-1]).nil?
+      end
+
+      def override_unless(*args)
+        return Decorator::Unchain.new(self, :override_unless) unless args.length > 0
+        write(:override, *args) if override.read(*args[0...-1]).nil?
+      end
+
+      def has_key?(key)
+        COMPONENTS.any? do |component_ivar|
+          instance_variable_get(component_ivar).key?(key)
+        end
+      end
+       # method-style access to attributes (has to come after the prepended ImmutablizeHash)
+
+      def read(*path)
+        merged_attributes.read(*path)
+      end
+
+      def read!(*path)
+        merged_attributes.read!(*path)
+      end
+
+      def exist?(*path)
+        merged_attributes.exist?(*path)
+      end
+
+      def write(level, *args, &block)
+        send(level).write(*args, &block)
+      end
+
+      def write!(level, *args, &block)
+        send(level).write!(*args, &block)
+      end
+
+      def unlink(level, *path)
+        send(level).unlink(*path)
+      end
+
+      def unlink!(level, *path)
+        send(level).unlink!(*path)
+      end
+
+      alias :attribute? :has_key?
+      alias :member? :has_key?
+      alias :include? :has_key?
+      alias :key? :has_key?
+
+      alias :each_attribute :each
+
+      def to_s
+        merged_attributes.to_s
+      end
+
+      def inspect
+        "#<#{self.class} " << (COMPONENTS + [:@merged_attributes, :@properties]).map do |iv|
+          "#{iv}=#{instance_variable_get(iv).inspect}"
+        end.join(", ") << ">"
+      end
+
+      private
+
+       # Helper method for merge_all/merge_defaults/merge_overrides.
+       #
+       # apply_path(thing, [ "foo", "bar", "baz" ]) = thing["foo"]["bar"]["baz"]
+       #
+       # The path value can be nil in which case the whole component is returned.
+       #
+       # It returns nil (does not raise an exception) if it walks off the end of an Mash/Hash/Array, it does not
+       # raise any TypeError if it attempts to apply a hash key to an Integer/String/TrueClass, and just returns
+       # nil in that case.
+       #
+      def apply_path(component, path)
+        path ||= []
+        path.inject(component) do |val, path_arg|
+          if val.respond_to?(:[])
+            # Have an Array-like or Hash-like thing
+            if !val.respond_to?(:has_key?)
+              # Have an Array-like thing
+              val[path_arg]
+            elsif val.key?(path_arg)
+              # Hash-like thing (must check has_key? first to protect against Autovivification)
+              val[path_arg]
+            else
+              nil
+            end
+          else
+            nil
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+       # For elements like Fixnums, true, nil...
+      def safe_dup(e)
+        e.dup
+      rescue TypeError
+        e
+      end
+
+       # Deep merge all attribute levels using hash-only merging between different precidence
+       # levels (so override arrays completely replace arrays set at any default level).
+       #
+       # The path allows for selectively deep-merging a subtree of the node object.
+       #
+       # @param path [Array] Array of args to method chain to descend into the node object
+       # @return [attr] Deep Merged values (may be VividMash, Hash, Array, etc) from the node object
+      def merge_all(path)
+        components = [
+          merge_defaults(path),
+          apply_path(@normal, path),
+          merge_overrides(path),
+          apply_path(@automatic, path),
+        ]
+
+        ret = components.inject(NIL) do |merged, component|
+          hash_only_merge!(merged, component)
+        end
+        ret == NIL ? nil : ret
+      end
+
+       # Deep merge the default attribute levels with array merging.
+       #
+       # The path allows for selectively deep-merging a subtree of the node object.
+       #
+       # @param path [Array] Array of args to method chain to descend into the node object
+       # @return [attr] Deep Merged values (may be VividMash, Hash, Array, etc) from the node object
+      def merge_defaults(path)
+        ret = DEFAULT_COMPONENTS.inject(NIL) do |merged, component_ivar|
+          component_value = apply_path(instance_variable_get(component_ivar), path)
+          deep_merge!(merged, component_value)
+        end
+        ret == NIL ? nil : ret
+      end
+
+       # Deep merge the override attribute levels with array merging.
+       #
+       # The path allows for selectively deep-merging a subtree of the node object.
+       #
+       # @param path [Array] Array of args to method chain to descend into the node object
+       # @return [attr] Deep Merged values (may be VividMash, Hash, Array, etc) from the node object
+      def merge_overrides(path)
+        ret = OVERRIDE_COMPONENTS.inject(NIL) do |merged, component_ivar|
+          component_value = apply_path(instance_variable_get(component_ivar), path)
+          deep_merge!(merged, component_value)
+        end
+        ret == NIL ? nil : ret
+      end
+
+       # needed for __path__
+      def convert_key(key)
+        key.kind_of?(Symbol) ? key.to_s : key
+      end
+
+      NIL = Object.new
+
+      # @api private
+      def deep_merge!(merge_onto, merge_with)
+        # If there are two Hashes, recursively merge.
+        if merge_onto.kind_of?(Hash) && merge_with.kind_of?(Hash)
+          merge_with.each do |key, merge_with_value|
+            value =
+              if merge_onto.key?(key)
+                deep_merge!(safe_dup(merge_onto[key]), merge_with_value)
+              else
+                merge_with_value
+              end
+
+            # internal_set bypasses converting keys, does convert values and allows writing to immutable mashes
+            merge_onto.internal_set(key, value)
+          end
+          merge_onto
+
+        elsif merge_onto.kind_of?(Array) && merge_with.kind_of?(Array)
+          merge_onto |= merge_with
+
+        # If merge_with is nil, don't replace merge_onto
+        elsif merge_with.nil?
+          merge_onto
+
+        # In all other cases, replace merge_onto with merge_with
+        else
+          if merge_with.kind_of?(Hash)
+            Chef::Node::VividMash.new(merge_with)
+          elsif merge_with.kind_of?(Array)
+            Chef::Node::AttrArray.new(merge_with)
+          else
+            merge_with
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      # @api private
+      def hash_only_merge!(merge_onto, merge_with)
+        # If there are two Hashes, recursively merge.
+        if merge_onto.kind_of?(Hash) && merge_with.kind_of?(Hash)
+          merge_with.each do |key, merge_with_value|
+            value =
+              if merge_onto.key?(key)
+                hash_only_merge!(safe_dup(merge_onto[key]), merge_with_value)
+              else
+                merge_with_value
+              end
+
+            # internal_set bypasses converting keys, does convert values and allows writing to immutable mashes
+            merge_onto.internal_set(key, value)
+          end
+          merge_onto
+
+        # If merge_with is nil, don't replace merge_onto
+        elsif merge_with.nil?
+          merge_onto
+
+        # In all other cases, replace merge_onto with merge_with
+        else
+          if merge_with.kind_of?(Hash)
+            Chef::Node::ImmutableMash.new(merge_with)
+          elsif merge_with.kind_of?(Array)
+            Chef::Node::ImmutableArray.new(merge_with)
+          else
+            merge_with
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end