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+#
+# parsejson.rb
+#
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:parsejson, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-DOC
+    This function accepts JSON as a string and converts it into the correct
+    Puppet structure.
+
+    The optional second argument can be used to pass a default value that will
+    be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.
+  DOC
+             ) do |arguments|
+    raise ArgumentError, 'Wrong number of arguments. 1 or 2 arguments should be provided.' unless arguments.length >= 1
+
+    begin
+      PSON.load(arguments[0]) || arguments[1]
+    rescue StandardError => e
+      raise e unless arguments[1]
+      arguments[1]
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :