(MODULES-11567): Enhance validation methods to resolve deferred values for validation in sqlserver_instance type

Author: span786

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
-    - name: Activate Ruby 2.7
+    - name: Activate Ruby 3.1
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
-        ruby-version: "2.7"
+        ruby-version: "3.1"
         bundler-cache: true
 
     - name: Print bundle environment

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
 
-    - name: Activate Ruby 2.7
+    - name: Activate Ruby 3.1
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
-        ruby-version: "2.7"
+        ruby-version: "3.1"
         bundler-cache: true
 
     - name: Print bundle environment

lib/puppet/type/sqlserver_instance.rb

@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ def validate
   end
 
   def set?(key)
-    !self[key].nil? && !self[key].empty?
+    self_key = resolve_deferred_value(self[key])
+    !self_key.nil? && !self_key.empty?
   end
 
   def validate_user_password_required(account, pass)
@@ -144,11 +145,11 @@ def validate_user_password_required(account, pass)
   end
 
   def domain_or_local_user?(user)
-    PuppetX::Sqlserver::ServerHelper.is_domain_or_local_user?(user, Facter.value(:hostname))
+    PuppetX::Sqlserver::ServerHelper.is_domain_or_local_user?(resolve_deferred_value(user), Facter.value(:hostname))
   end
 
   def strong_password?(key)
-    password = self[key]
+    password = resolve_deferred_value(self[key])
     return unless password
 
     message_start = "Password for #{key} is not strong"
@@ -162,4 +163,12 @@ def strong_password?(key)
 
     true
   end
+
+  # When preprocess_deferred is false, deferred values remain unresolved at the time of validation, causing it to fail.
+  # To address this, following logic is added to explicitly resolve deferred values during validation
+  def resolve_deferred_value(value)
+    return value unless value.is_a?(Puppet::Pops::Evaluator::DeferredValue)
+
+    value.resolve
+  end
 end