Java preseeding recipe

java.pp

class java {
  case $lsbdistid {
    CentOS: { }
    default: {
      case $lsbdistid {
        Debian: {
          case $lsbdistcodename {
            etch: {
              $javasdk = "sun-java5-jdk"
              $alternative = "java-5-sun"
            }
            default: {
              $javasdk = "sun-java6-jdk"
              $alternative = "java-6-sun"
            }
          }
        }
        default: {
          $javasdk = "sun-java6-jdk"
          $alternative = "java-6-sun"
        }
      }

      seed_package { $javasdk:
        ensure => installed,
        module => java,
      }

      package { "ant":
        ensure => installed,
        require => Seed_package[$javasdk]
      }

      exec { "update-java-alternatives":
        path => "/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
        command => "update-java-alternatives -s $alternative",
      	refreshonly => true
      }
    }
  }
}

seed_package.pp

define seed_package($ensure = latest, $module) {
  $filedist = "$lsbdistid-$lsbdistrelease"
  
  $seedpath = "/var/cache/local/preseeding"
  file { "$seedpath/$name.seed":
    path => "$seedpath/${name}.seed",
    source => [
      "puppet://$puppet_server/seeds/$module/$filedist/$name.seed",
      "puppet://$puppet_server/seeds/$module/$lsbdistid/$name.seed",
      "puppet://$puppet_server/seeds/$module/default/$name.seed",
      "puppet://$puppet_server/$module/seeds/$filedist/$name.seed",
      "puppet://$puppet_server/$module/seeds/$lsbdistid/$name.seed",
      "puppet://$puppet_server/$module/seeds/default/$name.seed"
    ],
    mode => 0600,
    owner => root,
    group => root,
  }
  package { $name:
    ensure => $ensure,
    responsefile => "$seedpath/$name.seed",
    require => File["$seedpath/$name.seed"],
  }
}

somewhere.pp

# Just make sure you have the preseed saving directory handy in some recipe 

  file { "/var/cache/local":
    ensure => "directory",
    group => "root",
    owner => "root",
    mode => 644,
  }
  file { "/var/cache/local/preseeding":
    ensure => "directory",
    group => "root",
    owner => "root",
    mode => 644,
    require => File["/var/cache/local"]
  }

sun-java6-jdk.seed

sun-java6-bin	shared/accepted-sun-dlj-v1-1	boolean	true
sun-java6-jdk	shared/accepted-sun-dlj-v1-1	boolean	true
sun-java6-jre	shared/accepted-sun-dlj-v1-1	boolean	true
sun-java6-jre	sun-java6-jre/stopthread	boolean	true
sun-java6-jre	sun-java6-jre/jcepolicy	note	
sun-java6-bin	shared/error-sun-dlj-v1-1	error	
sun-java6-jdk	shared/error-sun-dlj-v1-1	error	
sun-java6-jre	shared/error-sun-dlj-v1-1	error	
sun-java6-bin	shared/present-sun-dlj-v1-1	note	
sun-java6-jdk	shared/present-sun-dlj-v1-1	note	
sun-java6-jre	shared/present-sun-dlj-v1-1	note