lib.types: Add deferredModule

2 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/tests/modules.sh b/lib/tests/modules.sh
index 36af32ca89da0..9b1348f58c9c2 100755
--- a/lib/tests/modules.sh
+++ b/lib/tests/modules.sh
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ checkConfigOutput '^"submodule"$' options.submodule.type.description ./declare-s
 ## Paths should be allowed as values and work as expected
 checkConfigOutput '^true$' config.submodule.enable ./declare-submoduleWith-path.nix
 
+## Deferred module
+checkConfigOutput '"beta"' config.nodes.foo.settingsDict.c ./deferred-module.nix
+
 # Check the file location information is propagated into submodules
 checkConfigOutput the-file.nix config.submodule.internalFiles.0 ./submoduleFiles.nix
 
diff --git a/lib/tests/modules/deferred-module.nix b/lib/tests/modules/deferred-module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..faf459a991fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/modules/deferred-module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ lib, ... }:
+let
+  inherit (lib) types mkOption setDefaultModuleLocation;
+  inherit (types) deferredModule lazyAttrsOf submodule str raw;
+in
+{
+  imports = [
+    # generic module, declaring submodules:
+    #   - nodes.<name>
+    #   - default
+    # where all nodes include the default
+    ({ config, ... }: {
+      _file = "generic.nix";
+      options.nodes = mkOption {
+        type = lazyAttrsOf (submodule { imports = config.default; });
+        default = {};
+      };
+      options.default = mkOption {
+        type = deferredModule;
+        default = { };
+        description = ''
+          Module that is included in all nodes.
+        '';
+      };
+    })
+
+    {
+      _file = "default-1.nix";
+      default = { config, ... }: {
+        options.settingsDict = lib.mkOption { type = lazyAttrsOf str; default = {}; };
+      };
+    }
+
+    {
+      _file = "default-a-is-b.nix";
+      default = { config, ... }: {
+        settingsDict.a = config.settingsDict.b;
+      };
+    }
+
+    {
+      _file = "nodes-foo.nix";
+      nodes.foo.settingsDict.b = "beta";
+    }
+
+    {
+      _file = "nodes-foo-c-is-a.nix";
+      nodes.foo = { config, ... }: {
+        settingsDict.c = config.settingsDict.a;
+      };
+    }
+
+  ];
+}