Make with_items a lookup plugin

lib/ansible/playbook/task.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Task(object):
     __slots__ = [
         'name', 'action', 'only_if', 'async_seconds', 'async_poll_interval',
         'notify', 'module_name', 'module_args', 'module_vars',
-        'play', 'notified_by', 'tags', 'register', 'with_items', 
+        'play', 'notified_by', 'tags', 'register',
         'delegate_to', 'first_available_file', 'ignore_errors',
         'local_action', 'transport', 'sudo', 'sudo_user', 'sudo_pass',
         'items_lookup_plugin', 'items_lookup_terms'
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Task(object):
 
     # to prevent typos and such
     VALID_KEYS = [
-         'name', 'action', 'only_if', 'async', 'poll', 'notify', 'with_items', 
+         'name', 'action', 'only_if', 'async', 'poll', 'notify',
          'first_available_file', 'include', 'tags', 'register', 'ignore_errors',
          'delegate_to', 'local_action', 'transport', 'sudo', 'sudo_user',
          'sudo_pass'
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Task(object):
                 ds.pop(x)
 
             # code to allow "with_glob" and to reference a lookup plugin named glob
-            elif x.startswith("with_") and x != 'with_items':
+            elif x.startswith("with_"):
                 plugin_name = x.replace("with_","")
                 if plugin_name in play.playbook.lookup_plugins_list:
                     ds['items_lookup_plugin'] = plugin_name
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ class Task(object):
         self.async_poll_interval = int(ds.get('poll', 10))  # default poll = 10 seconds
         self.notify = ds.get('notify', [])
         self.first_available_file = ds.get('first_available_file', None)
-        self.with_items = ds.get('with_items', None)
 
         self.items_lookup_plugin = ds.get('items_lookup_plugin', None)
         self.items_lookup_terms  = ds.get('items_lookup_terms', None)
@@ -142,19 +141,14 @@ class Task(object):
         self.action = utils.template(None, self.action, self.module_vars)
 
         # handle mutually incompatible options
-        incompatibles = [ x for x in [ self.with_items, self.first_available_file, self.items_lookup_plugin ] if x is not None ]
+        incompatibles = [ x for x in [ self.first_available_file, self.items_lookup_plugin ] if x is not None ]
         if len(incompatibles) > 1:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("with_items, with_(plugin), and first_available_file are mutually incompatible in a single task")
+            raise errors.AnsibleError("with_(plugin), and first_available_file are mutually incompatible in a single task")
 
         # make first_available_file accessable to Runner code
         if self.first_available_file:
             self.module_vars['first_available_file'] = self.first_available_file
 
-        # process with_items so it can be used by Runner code
-        if self.with_items is None:
-            self.with_items = [ ]
-        self.module_vars['items'] = self.with_items
-
         if self.items_lookup_plugin is not None:
             self.module_vars['items_lookup_plugin'] = self.items_lookup_plugin
             self.module_vars['items_lookup_terms'] = self.items_lookup_terms

lib/ansible/runner/__init__.py

@@ -280,22 +280,17 @@ class Runner(object):
         inject['group_names'] = host_variables.get('group_names', [])
         inject['groups'] = self.inventory.groups_list()
 
-        # allow with_items to work in playbooks...
-        # apt and yum are converted into a single call, others run in a loop
-        items = self.module_vars.get('items', [])
-        if isinstance(items, basestring) and items.startswith("$"):
-            items = utils.varReplaceWithItems(self.basedir, items, inject)
-
-        # if we instead said 'with_foo' and there is a lookup module named foo...
+        # allow with_foo to work in playbooks...
+        items = []
         items_plugin = self.module_vars.get('items_lookup_plugin', None)
         if items_plugin is not None:
             items_terms = self.module_vars.get('items_lookup_terms', '')
             if items_plugin in self.lookup_plugins:
-                items_terms = utils.template(self.basedir, items_terms, inject)
+                items_terms = utils.varReplaceWithItems(self.basedir, items_terms, inject)
                 items = self.lookup_plugins[items_plugin].run(items_terms)
 
         if type(items) != list:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("with_items only takes a list: %s" % items)
+            raise errors.AnsibleError("lookup plugins have to return a list: %r" % items)
 
         if len(items) and self.module_name in [ 'apt', 'yum' ]:
             # hack for apt and soon yum, with_items maps back into a single module call

lib/ansible/runner/lookup_plugins/items.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+
+class LookupModule(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, runner):
+        self.runner = runner
+
+    def run(self, terms):
+        return terms
+
+
+