Puppet users - May 2014 - Using existing resource type via hiera without a class/module manifest.

Hi,

I was wondering if it's possible to use an existing resource type say file,
e.g.
lets say following is all I need to do:

    file {'testfile':
      path    => '/tmp/testfile',
      ensure  => present,
      mode    => 0640,
      content => "I'm a test file.",
    }


Normally,
OPTION1

   - Put the resource declaration above in my site.pp. Inside a node 
   definition like:

node my_host {    file {'testfile':
      path    => '/tmp/testfile',
      ensure  => present,
      mode    => 0640,
      content => "I'm a test file.",
    }
}


or OPTION2

   - I would create .../my_module/manifests/init.pp and put the resource 
   declaration in it.
   - Create my_host.yaml in appropriate directory with:
   
    classes:
      my_module


   - In my site.pp I will put:
   
    hiera_include('classes')


   - Assuming standard hiera.yaml hierarchy.
   
I'm wondering if there is a third option that allows me to get the best of 
both options:

   - No hardcoding in site.pp for my node name, catalog is decided via 
   hiera yaml config files.
   - No separate module/class manifest containing just a 'single liner' 
   resource declaration.

Thanks..

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