Added option to use content as input for patternfile

manifests/patternfile.pp

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 #   Puppet file resource of the pattern file ( puppet:// )
 #   Value type is string
 #   Default value: None
-#   This variable is required
+#
+# [*content*]
+#   Content of the Pattern file
+#   Value type is string
+#   Default value: None
 #
 # [*filename*]
 #   if you would like the actual file name to be different then the source file name
@@ -39,25 +43,34 @@
 # * Richard Pijnenburg <mailto:richard.pijnenburg@elasticsearch.com>
 #
 define logstash::patternfile (
-  $source,
+  $source = undef,
+  $content = undef,
   $filename = '',
 ){
 
-  validate_re($source, '^(puppet|file)://', 'Source must be either from a puppet fileserver or a locally accessible file (begins with either puppet:// or file://)' )
+  if $source {
+    validate_re($source, '^(puppet|file)://', 'Source must be from a puppet fileserver or a locally accessible file (begins with either puppet:// or file://)' )
+    $filename_real = $filename ? {
+      ''      => inline_template('<%= @source.split("/").last %>'),
+      default => $filename
+    }
+  }
+  elsif $content {
+    $filename_real = $title
+  }
+  else {
+    fail("you must specify ${source} or ${content}")
+  }
 
   $patterns_dir = "${logstash::configdir}/patterns"
 
-  $filename_real = $filename ? {
-    ''      => inline_template('<%= @source.split("/").last %>'),
-    default => $filename
-  }
 
   file { "${patterns_dir}/${filename_real}":
-    ensure => 'file',
-    owner  => $logstash::logstash_user,
-    group  => $logstash::logstash_group,
-    mode   => '0644',
-    source => $source,
+    ensure  => 'file',
+    owner   => $logstash::logstash_user,
+    group   => $logstash::logstash_group,
+    mode    => '0644',
+    source  => $source,
+    content => $content,
   }
-
 }

spec/defines/001_logstash_patternfile_spec.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     :operatingsystem => 'CentOS',
     :kernel => 'Linux'
   } end
-  
+
   let(:title) { 'foopatterns' }
 
   let(:pre_condition) { 'class {"logstash": }'}
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@
 
   end
 
+  context 'using content' do
+
+    let(:params) { {
+      :content   => "FOO: BAR"
+    } }
+
+    it { should contain_logstash__patternfile('foopatterns') }
+    it { should contain_file('/etc/logstash/patterns/foopatterns').with( :content => 'FOO: BAR') }
+
+  end
+
   context 'set filename' do
 
     let(:params) { {