WIP

lib/rspec-puppet/example/class_example_group.rb

@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ module RSpec::Puppet
 
       nodename = self.respond_to?(:node) ? node : Puppet[:certname]
       facts_val = self.respond_to?(:facts) ? facts : {}
+      additional_resources = self.respond_to?(:virtual_resources) ? virtual_resources : []
 
-      build_catalog(nodename, facts_val)
+      build_catalog(nodename, facts_val, additional_resources)
     end
   end
 end

lib/rspec-puppet/example/define_example_group.rb

@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ module RSpec::Puppet
         'fqdn' => nodename,
       }
       facts_val.merge!(facts) if self.respond_to?(:facts)
+      additional_resources = self.respond_to?(:virtual_resources) ? virtual_resources : []
 
-      build_catalog(nodename, facts_val)
+      build_catalog(nodename, facts_val, additional_resources)
     end
   end
 end

lib/rspec-puppet/matchers/create_generic.rb

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module RSpec::Puppet
         ret = true
         resource = catalogue.resource(@referenced_type, @title)
 
-        if resource.nil?
+        if resource.nil? or resource.virtual?
           ret = false
         else
           if @expected_params

lib/rspec-puppet/support.rb

@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 module RSpec::Puppet
-  module Support 
-    def build_catalog nodename, facts_val
+  module Support
+    def build_catalog(nodename, facts_val, additional_resources)
       node_obj = Puppet::Node.new(nodename)
 
       node_obj.merge(facts_val)
 
       # trying to be compatible with 2.7 as well as 2.6
       if Puppet::Resource::Catalog.respond_to? :find
-        Puppet::Resource::Catalog.find(node_obj.name, :use_node => node_obj)
+        catalogue = Puppet::Resource::Catalog.find(node_obj.name, :use_node => node_obj)
       else
         require 'puppet/face'
-        Puppet::Face[:catalog, :current].find(node_obj.name, :use_node => node_obj)
+        catalogue = Puppet::Face[:catalog, :current].find(node_obj.name, :use_node => node_obj)
       end
+
+      additional_resources = [additional_resources] if additional_resources.is_a? Hash
+      additional_resources.each do |resource|
+        catalogue.add_resource Puppet::Resource.new(resource[:type], resource[:title], {:virtual => true, :parameters => resource[:parameters]})
+      end
+
+      p catalogue.resource('File[foo]').virtual?
+      catalogue.compile
     end
   end
 end

spec/classes/virtual_realise_file_spec.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'virtual::realise_file' do
+  let(:virtual_resources) {
+    {
+      :type => 'file',
+      :title => 'foo',
+      :parameters => {
+        :owner => 'root',
+        :group => 'root',
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  it { should contain_file('foo').with_owner('root').with_group('root') }
+end

spec/fixtures/virtual/manifests/realise_file.pp

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class virtual::realise_file {
+  File<| |>
+}