Add type hints to action and test plugins and to plugin utils; fix some bugs, and improve input validation (#11167)
* Add type hints to action and test plugins and to plugin utils. Also fix some bugs and add proper input validation.
* Combine lines.
* Extend changelog fragment.
* Move task_vars initialization up.
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(cherry picked from commit 19757b3a4c)
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
Co-authored-by: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>
* Adjust all __future__ imports:
for i in $(grep -REl "__future__.*absolute_import" plugins/ tests/); do
sed -e 's/from __future__ import .*/from __future__ import annotations/g' -i $i;
done
* Remove all UTF-8 encoding specifications for Python source files:
for i in $(grep -REl '[-][*]- coding: utf-8 -[*]-' plugins/ tests/); do
sed -e '/^# -\*- coding: utf-8 -\*-/d' -i $i;
done
* Remove __metaclass__ = type:
for i in $(grep -REl '__metaclass__ = type' plugins/ tests/); do
sed -e '/^__metaclass__ = type/d' -i $i;
done
* Fix dependent lookup.
* Fix ansible_type plugin utils and adjust documentation of reveal_ansible_type filter and ansible_type test.
* Fix diy callback plugin.
* Adjust to Data Tagging.
* Vendor and use internal code from ansible-core to fix YAML callback.
Ref: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84781
* Move licenses to LICENSES/, run add-license.py, add LICENSES/MIT.txt.
* Replace 'Copyright:' with 'Copyright'
sed -i 's|Copyright:\(.*\)|Copyright\1|' $(rg -l 'Copyright:')
Co-authored-by: Maxwell G <gotmax@e.email>
* Add test which allows to query whether an action is available.
* Add documentation.
* Fix FreeBSD / macOS compatibility.
* Rename an_action -> a_module.
* Forgot one place.
