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-#!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2016 Ansible RedHat, Inc
-#
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'status': ['preview'],
-                    'supported_by': 'community',
-                    'version': '1.0'}
-
-DOCUMENTATION = '''
----
-author: "Brian Coca (@bcoca)"
-module: set_stats
-short_description: Set stats for the current ansible run
-description:
-     - This module allows setting/accumulating stats on the current ansible run, either per host of for all hosts in the run.
-options:
-  data:
-    description:
-      - A dictionary of which each key represents a stat (or variable) you want to keep track of
-    required: true
-  per_host:
-    description:
-        - boolean that indicates if the stats is per host or for all hosts in the run.
-    required: no
-    default: yes
-  aggregate:
-    description:
-        - boolean that indicates if the provided value is aggregated to the existing stat C(yes) or will replace it C(no)
-    required: no
-    default: yes
-version_added: "2.3"
-'''
-
-EXAMPLES = '''
-# Aggregating packages_installed stat per host
-- set_stats:
-    data:
-      packages_installed: 31
-
-# Aggregating random stats for all hosts using complex arguments
-- set_stats:
-    data:
-      one_stat: 11
-      other_stat: "{{ local_var * 2 }}"
-      another_stat: "{{ some_registered_var.results | map(attribute='ansible_facts.some_fact') | list }}"
-    per_host: no
-
-
-# setting stats (not aggregating)
-- set_stats:
-    data:
-      the_answer: 42
-    aggregate: no
-'''