# class Chef::Knife::CookbookMetadata

### Public Instance Methods

generate_metadata(cookbook) click to toggle source

    # File lib/chef/knife/cookbook_metadata.rb, line 63
    def generate_metadata(cookbook)
      Array(config[:cookbook_path]).reverse.each do |path|
        file = File.expand_path(File.join(path, cookbook, 'metadata.rb'))
        if File.exists?(file)
          generate_metadata_from_file(cookbook, file)
        else
          validate_metadata_json(path, cookbook)
        end
      end
    end

generate_metadata_from_file(cookbook, file) click to toggle source

    # File lib/chef/knife/cookbook_metadata.rb, line 74
    def generate_metadata_from_file(cookbook, file)
      ui.info("Generating metadata for #{cookbook} from #{file}")
      md = Chef::Cookbook::Metadata.new
      md.name(cookbook)
      md.from_file(file)
      json_file = File.join(File.dirname(file), 'metadata.json')
      File.open(json_file, "w") do |f|
        f.write(Chef::JSONCompat.to_json_pretty(md))
      end
      generated = true
      Chef::Log.debug("Generated #{json_file}")
    rescue Exceptions::ObsoleteDependencySyntax, Exceptions::InvalidVersionConstraint => e
      ui.stderr.puts "ERROR: The cookbook '#{cookbook}' contains invalid or obsolete metadata syntax."
      ui.stderr.puts "in #{file}:"
      ui.stderr.puts
      ui.stderr.puts e.message
      exit 1
    end

run() click to toggle source

    # File lib/chef/knife/cookbook_metadata.rb, line 44
    def run
      config[:cookbook_path] ||= Chef::Config[:cookbook_path]

      if config[:all]
        cl = Chef::CookbookLoader.new(config[:cookbook_path])
        cl.load_cookbooks
        cl.each do |cname, cookbook|
          generate_metadata(cname.to_s)
        end
      else
        cookbook_name = @name_args[0]
        if cookbook_name.nil? || cookbook_name.empty?
          ui.error "You must specify the cookbook to generate metadata for, or use the --all option."
          exit 1
        end
        generate_metadata(cookbook_name)
      end
    end

validate_metadata_json(path, cookbook) click to toggle source

    # File lib/chef/knife/cookbook_metadata.rb, line 93
    def validate_metadata_json(path, cookbook)
      json_file = File.join(path, cookbook, 'metadata.json')
      if File.exist?(json_file)
        Chef::Cookbook::Metadata.validate_json(IO.read(json_file))
      end
    rescue Exceptions::ObsoleteDependencySyntax, Exceptions::InvalidVersionConstraint => e
      ui.stderr.puts "ERROR: The cookbook '#{cookbook}' contains invalid or obsolete metadata syntax."
      ui.stderr.puts "in #{json_file}:"
      ui.stderr.puts
      ui.stderr.puts e.message
      exit 1
    end