theforeman/foreman · error · Foreman::SettingValueException

Parsing settings type '%s' from a string is not defined

Error message

Parsing settings type '%s' from a string is not defined

What it means

Error "Parsing settings type '%s' from a string is not defined" thrown in theforeman/foreman.

Source

Thrown at app/models/setting.rb:158

          invalid_value_error e.to_s
        end
      else
        invalid_value_error _("must be an array")
      end

    when "string", "text", nil
      # string is taken as default setting type for parsing
      intermediate = val
      intermediate = intermediate.to_s.strip unless NOT_STRIPPED.include?(name)
      intermediate = nil if intermediate.blank? && default.nil?

      self.value = intermediate

    when "hash"
      raise Foreman::SettingValueException, N_("Parsing a hash from a string is not supported")

    else
      raise Foreman::SettingValueException.new(N_("Parsing settings type '%s' from a string is not defined"), settings_type)

    end
    if errors.present?
      raise Foreman::SettingValueException.new(N_("Error parsing value for setting '%(name)s': %(error)s"),
        { 'name' => name, 'error' => errors.full_messages.join(", ") })
    end
    true
  end

  def self.regexp_expand_wildcard_string(string, options = {})
    prefix = options[:prefix] || '\A'
    suffix = options[:suffix] || '\Z'
    prefix + Regexp.escape(string).gsub('\*', '.*').gsub('\?', '.') + suffix
  end

  def self.convert_array_to_regexp(array, regexp_options = {})
    Regexp.new(array.map { |string| regexp_expand_wildcard_string(string, regexp_options) }.join('|'))
  end

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at app/models/setting.rb:158 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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