Puppet users - Aug 2014 - How can we satisfy goals of having all data in hiera and not modifying the module code?

We understand that all site specific data should be in Hiera. We also 
understand that modules shouldn't have to be modified when they are well 
designed e.g. the puppetlabs/apache module. However, how do I setup apache 
using this module with a virtual host without putting data into the 
manifest. E.g to create a vhost according to the docs we need to use:

apache::vhost { 'first.example.com':
      port    => '80',
      docroot => '/var/www/first',
}

As a define it would appear that we need to use create_resources() 
somewhere in the module and then create a hash in hiera e.g.

apache::my_vhosts:
  host1:
    priority: "10"
    vhost_name": "first.example.com"
    port": "80"
    docroot": "/var/www/first"

This means that we either need to put data into the manifest (e.g. first 
example) or to change the module code by implementing create_resources(). 
So how can we satisfy both goals of having all data in hiera and not 
modifying the module code?

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