# File lib/puppet/network/client/resource.rb, line 27
27:     def describe(type, name, retrieve = false, ignore = false)
28:         Puppet.info "Describing %s[%s]" % [type.to_s.capitalize, name]
29:         text = @driver.describe(type, name, retrieve, ignore, "yaml")
30: 
31:         object = nil
32:         if @local
33:             object = text
34:         else
35:             object = YAML::load(Base64.decode64(text))
36:         end
37: 
38:         return object
39:     end