added map_param to ease the generation simple parameters for systemd.

it reduces the boilerplate for simple key-value parameters

plugins/module_utils/module.py

@@ -230,22 +230,31 @@ class SystemdUnitModule(AnsibleModule):
 
     def header(self) -> str:
         header = "[Unit]\n"
-        if self.get("description", False):
+        header += "\n".join(
-            header += "Description={}\n".format(self.get("description"))
+            self.map_param(
-        if self.get("documentation", False):
+                description="Description",
-            header += "Documentation={}\n".format(" ".join(self.get("documentation")))
+                documentation="Documentation",
-        if self.get("requires", False):
+                requires="Requires",
-            header += "Requires={}\n".format(" ".join(self.get("requires")))
+                wants="Wants",
-        if self.get("wants", False):
+                partof="PartOf",
-            header += "Wants={}\n".format(" ".join(self.get("wants")))
+                before="Before",
-        if self.get("partof", False):
+                after="After",
-            header += "PartOf={}\n".format(" ".join(self.get("partof")))
+            )
-        if self.get("before", False):
+        )
-            header += "Before={}\n".format(" ".join(self.get("before")))
-        if self.get("after", False):
-            header += "After={}\n".format(" ".join(self.get("after")))
         return header
 
+    def map_param(self, **parammap: str):
+        """maps an dict with keys for an section with given params. The key of the dictionary is the parameter and the value is the key in the unitfile. If an parameter has multiple values it adds multiple entries"""
+        output: list[str] = []
+        for param, key in parammap:
+            if self.params[param] is not None:
+                params = self.params[param]
+                if isinstance(params, list):
+                    output.extend(("{}={}".format(key, p) for p in params))
+                else:
+                    output.append("{}={}".format(key, self.params[param]))
+        return output
+
     def unitfile_gen(self):
         path = self.tmpdir / "newunit"
         with open(path, "w") as unit: