Chef/Correctness/PropertyWithoutType

The Cookstyle cops department: Chef/Correctness

Enabled by default	Supports autocorrection	Target Chef Version
Enabled	No	All Versions

Resource properties or attributes should always define a type to help users understand the correct allowed values.

Examples

property :size, regex: /^\d+[KMGTP]$/
attribute :size, regex: /^\d+[KMGTP]$/

property :size, String, regex: /^\d+[KMGTP]$/
attribute :size, kind_of: String, regex: /^\d+[KMGTP]$/

Name	Default value	Configurable values
Version Added	6.18.0	String
Include	`*/libraries/.rb` `*/resources/.rb`	Array

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