1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Options/Types.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Options/Types.py
index 329c671ea..5769d674a 100644
--- a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Options/Types.py
+++ b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Options/Types.py
@@ -28,6 +28,28 @@ def colon_list(value):
     return value.split(':')
 
 
+def comma_dict(value):
+    """ Split an option string on commas, optionally surrounded by
+    whitespace, and split the resulting items again on equals signs,
+    returning a dict """
+    result = dict()
+    if value:
+        items = comma_list(value)
+        for item in items:
+            if '=' in item:
+                key, value = item.split(r'=', 1)
+                try:
+                    result[key] = bool(value)
+                except ValueError:
+                    try:
+                        result[key] = int(value)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        result[key] = value
+            else:
+                result[item] = True
+    return result
+
+
 def octal(value):
     """ Given an octal string, get an integer representation. """
     return int(value, 8)