[PR #8329/29630049 backport][stable-9] homebrew: Add support for services functions (#8697)

homebrew: Add support for services functions (#8329)

* Homebrew: Add support for services functions

Fixes #8286.
Add a homebrew.services module for starting and stopping services
that are attached to homebrew packages.

* Address python version compatibility

* Addressing reviewer comments

* Addressing sanity logs

* Address str format issues

* Fixing Python 2.7 syntax issues

* Test alias, BOTMETA, grammar

* Attempt to fix brew in tests

* Address comments by russoz

* Fixing more dumb typos

* Actually uninstall black

* Update version_added in plugins/modules/homebrew_services.py

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

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Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
(cherry picked from commit 2963004991)

Co-authored-by: Kit Ham <kitizz.devside@gmail.com>

plugins/module_utils/homebrew.py

@@ -113,3 +113,30 @@ class HomebrewValidate(object):
         return isinstance(
             package, string_types
         ) and not cls.INVALID_PACKAGE_REGEX.search(package)
+
+
+def parse_brew_path(module):
+    # type: (...) -> str
+    """Attempt to find the Homebrew executable path.
+
+    Requires:
+        - module has a `path` parameter
+        - path is a valid path string for the target OS. Otherwise, module.fail_json()
+          is called with msg="Invalid_path: <path>".
+    """
+    path = module.params["path"]
+    if not HomebrewValidate.valid_path(path):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Invalid path: {0}".format(path))
+
+    if isinstance(path, string_types):
+        paths = path.split(":")
+    elif isinstance(path, list):
+        paths = path
+    else:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Invalid path: {0}".format(path))
+
+    brew_path = module.get_bin_path("brew", required=True, opt_dirs=paths)
+    if not HomebrewValidate.valid_brew_path(brew_path):
+        module.fail_json(msg="Invalid brew path: {0}".format(brew_path))
+
+    return brew_path