property :hint_name, String, name_property: true
property :content, Hash
property :compile_time, [true, false], default: true

action :create do
  directory ::Ohai::Config.ohai.hints_path.first do
    action :create
    recursive true
  end

  file ohai_hint_path do
    action :create
    content build_content
  end
end

action :delete do
  file ohai_hint_path do
    action :delete
    notifies :reload, ohai[reload ohai post hint removal]
  end

  ohai 'reload ohai post hint removal' do
    action :nothing
  end
end

action_class.class_eval do
  def ohai_hint_path
    path = ::File.join(::Ohai::Config.ohai.hints_path.first, new_resource.hint_name)
    path << '.json' unless path.end_with?('.json')
    path
  end

  def build_content
    # passing nil to file produces deprecation warnings so pass an empty string
    return nil if new_resource.content.nil? || new_resource.content.empty?
    JSON.pretty_generate(new_resource.content)
  end

  def file_content(path)
    return JSON.parse(::File.read(path))
  rescue JSON::ParserError
    Chef::Log.debug("Could not parse JSON in ohai hint at #{ohai_hint_path}. It's probably an empty hint file")
    return nil
  end
end

# this resource forces itself to run at compile_time
def after_created
  return unless compile_time
  Array(action).each do |action|
    run_action(action)
  end
end