Move to runtime validation

vsphere/resource_vsphere_tag_category.go

@@ -63,28 +63,6 @@ func resourceVSphereTagCategory() *schema.Resource {
 				Description: "Object types to which this category's tags can be attached. Valid types include: Folder, ClusterComputeResource, Datacenter, Datastore, StoragePod, DistributedVirtualPortgroup, DistributedVirtualSwitch, VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch, HostSystem, com.vmware.content.Library, com.vmware.content.library.Item, HostNetwork, Network, OpaqueNetwork, ResourcePool, VirtualApp, VirtualMachine.",
 				Elem:        &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString},
 				Required:    true,
-				ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice(
-					[]string{
-						"Folder",
-						"ClusterComputeResource",
-						"Datacenter",
-						"Datastore",
-						"StoragePod",
-						"DistributedVirtualPortgroup",
-						"DistributedVirtualSwitch",
-						"VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch",
-						"HostSystem",
-						"com.vmware.content.Library",
-						"com.vmware.content.library.Item",
-						"HostNetwork",
-						"Network",
-						"OpaqueNetwork",
-						"ResourcePool",
-						"VirtualApp",
-						"VirtualMachine",
-					},
-					false,
-				),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -96,6 +74,9 @@ func resourceVSphereTagCategoryCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 		return err
 	}
 	associableTypesRaw := structure.SliceInterfacesToStrings(d.Get("associable_types").(*schema.Set).List())
+	if err := validateAssociableTypes(associableTypesRaw); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	associableTypes := appendPrefix(associableTypesRaw)
 
 	spec := &tags.Category{
@@ -169,6 +150,9 @@ func resourceVSphereTagCategoryUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 
 	id := d.Id()
 	associableTypesRaw := structure.SliceInterfacesToStrings(d.Get("associable_types").(*schema.Set).List())
+	if err := validateAssociableTypes(associableTypesRaw); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	associableTypes := appendPrefix(associableTypesRaw)
 
 	spec := &tags.Category{
@@ -228,3 +212,22 @@ func appendPrefix(associableTypes []string) []string {
 	}
 	return appendedTypes
 }
+
+func validateAssociableTypes(types []string) error {
+
+	mapOf := func(s []string) map[string]struct{} {
+		m := make(map[string]struct{}, len(s))
+		for _, k := range s {
+			m[k] = struct{}{}
+		}
+		return m
+	}
+
+	validTypesMap := mapOf(vSphereTagTypes)
+	for _, t := range types {
+		if _, exists := validTypesMap[t]; !exists {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s is not a valid associable_type, valid types include: %v", t, vSphereTagTypes)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}

vsphere/resource_vsphere_tag_category_test.go

@@ -108,6 +108,23 @@ func TestAccResourceVSphereTagCategory_removeTypeShouldError(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestAccResourceVSphereTagCategory_invalidTypeShouldError(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck: func() {
+			RunSweepers()
+			testAccPreCheck(t)
+		},
+		Providers:    testAccProviders,
+		CheckDestroy: testAccResourceVSphereTagCategoryExists(false),
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			{
+				Config:      testAccResourceVSphereTagCategoryConfigInvalid,
+				ExpectError: regexp.MustCompile("is not a valid associable_type"),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccResourceVSphereTagCategory_rename(t *testing.T) {
 	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
 		PreCheck: func() {
@@ -262,6 +279,18 @@ resource "vsphere_tag_category" "testacc-category" {
 }
 `
 
+const testAccResourceVSphereTagCategoryConfigInvalid = `
+resource "vsphere_tag_category" "testacc-category" {
+  name        = "testacc-category"
+  description = "Managed by Terraform"
+  cardinality = "SINGLE"
+
+  associable_types = [
+    "invalid",
+  ]
+}
+`
+
 const testAccResourceVSphereTagCategoryConfigMultiCardinality = `
 resource "vsphere_tag_category" "testacc-category" {
   name        = "testacc-category"

vsphere/tags_helper.go

@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@ const (
 	vSphereTagTypeVirtualMachine = "VirtualMachine"
 )
 
+var vSphereTagTypes = []string{
+	"Folder",
+	"ClusterComputeResource",
+	"Datacenter",
+	vSphereTagTypeDatastore,
+	"StoragePod",
+	"DistributedVirtualPortgroup",
+	"DistributedVirtualSwitch",
+	"VmwareDistributedVirtualSwitch",
+	"HostSystem",
+	"com.vmware.content.Library",
+	"com.vmware.content.library.Item",
+	"HostNetwork",
+	"Network",
+	"OpaqueNetwork",
+	"ResourcePool",
+	"VirtualApp",
+	vSphereTagTypeVirtualMachine,
+}
+
 // vSphereTagCategorySearchErrMultiple is an error message format for a tag
 // category search that returned multiple results. This is a bug and needs to
 // be reported so we can adjust the API.