facter_facts: new module (#7356)

* facter: add option to return facts instead of output variables

* Update plugins/modules/facter.py

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

* add output doc

* add changelog frag

* reversed facter.py, created facter_facts.py

* remove chglog fragment for new module

* add BOTMETA entry

* adjust facters code to facters_fact, add unit test

* Update plugins/modules/facter_facts.py

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

* Update plugins/modules/facter_facts.py

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

* Update plugins/modules/facter_facts.py

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

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

tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_facter_facts.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) Alexei Znamensky (russoz@gmail.com)
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules import facter_facts
+from .helper import Helper
+
+
+helper = Helper.from_file(facter_facts.main, "tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_facter_facts.yaml")
+patch_bin = helper.cmd_fixture
+test_module = helper.test_module

tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_facter_facts.yaml

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) Alexei Znamensky (russoz@gmail.com)
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+---
+- id: simple run
+  output:
+    ansible_facts:
+      facter:
+        a: 1
+        b: 2
+        c: 3
+  run_command_calls:
+    - command: [/testbin/facter, --json]
+      environ: &env-def {check_rc: true}
+      rc: 0
+      out: >
+        { "a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3 }
+      err: ""
+- id: with args
+  input:
+    arguments:
+      - -p
+      - system_uptime
+      - timezone
+      - is_virtual
+  output:
+    ansible_facts:
+      facter:
+        a: 1
+        b: 2
+        c: 3
+  run_command_calls:
+    - command: [/testbin/facter, --json, -p, system_uptime, timezone, is_virtual]
+      environ: *env-def
+      rc: 0
+      out: >
+        { "a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3 }
+      err: ""