module Puppet::Util::ReferenceSerializer

# File lib/puppet/util/rails/reference_serializer.rb, line 16
def serialize_value(val)
  case val
  when Puppet::Resource
    YAML.dump(val)
  when true, false
    # The database does this for us, but I prefer the
    # methods be their exact inverses.
    # Note that this means quoted booleans get returned
    # as actual booleans, but there doesn't appear to be
    # a way to fix that while keeping the ability to
    # search for parameters set to true.
    val.to_s
  else
    val
  end
end

# File lib/puppet/util/rails/reference_serializer.rb, line 3
def unserialize_value(val)
  case val
  when /^--- /
    YAML.load(val)
  when "true"
    true
  when "false"
    false
  else
    val
  end
end