Refactor to implement a unit test

plugins/action/generate_cloud_modules.py

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 )
 # import for amazon.cloud doc generation
 from ansible_collections.ansible.content_builder.plugins.plugin_utils.cloud_utils.generator import generate_documentation
+# import for vmware.vware_rest runtime.yml generation
+from ansible_collections.ansible.content_builder.plugins.plugin_utils.cloud_utils.generator import generate_runtime_yml
 
 
 # vmware specific
@@ -1326,20 +1328,12 @@ def generate_vmware_rest(args: Iterable, role_path: str):
                 )
                 module_list.append(module.name)
 
+    runtime_yml = generate_runtime_yml(args.get("requires_ansible"), module_list)
     meta_dir = pathlib.Path(args.get("target_dir") + "/meta")
     meta_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    yaml_dict = {
-        "requires_ansible": (">=%s") % args.get("requires_ansible"),
-        "action_groups": {"vmware_rest": []},
-    }
-
-    for m in module_list:
-        yaml_dict["action_groups"]["vmware_rest"].append(m)
-
     runtime_file = meta_dir / "runtime.yml"
     with open(runtime_file, "w") as file:
-        yaml.safe_dump(yaml_dict, file, sort_keys=False)
+        yaml.safe_dump(runtime_yml, file, sort_keys=False)
 
     return
 

plugins/plugin_utils/cloud_utils/generator.py

@@ -268,6 +268,18 @@ def preprocess(self) -> Iterable:
         return sanitized_options
 
 
+def generate_runtime_yml(requires_ansible, module_list):
+    yaml_dict = {
+        "requires_ansible": (">=%s") % requires_ansible,
+        "action_groups": {"vmware_rest": []},
+    }
+
+    for m in module_list:
+        yaml_dict["action_groups"]["vmware_rest"].append(m)
+
+    return yaml_dict
+
+
 def generate_documentation(
     module: object, added_ins: Dict, next_version: str, target_dir: str
 ) -> Iterable:
@@ -399,4 +411,4 @@ def generate_docs(self, type_name: str):
         # TODO: include version
         response = self.client.describe_type(Type="RESOURCE", TypeName=type_name)
 
-        return response.get("Schema")
+        return response.get("Schema")