package test import ( "fmt" "github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema" ) func testResourceMap() *schema.Resource { return &schema.Resource{ Create: testResourceMapCreate, Read: testResourceMapRead, Update: testResourceMapUpdate, Delete: testResourceMapDelete, Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{ "name": { Type: schema.TypeString, Required: true, }, "map_of_three": { Type: schema.TypeMap, Optional: true, Elem: &schema.Schema{Type: schema.TypeString}, }, }, } } func testResourceMapCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error { // make sure all elements are passed to the map m := d.Get("map_of_three").(map[string]interface{}) if len(m) != 3 { return fmt.Errorf("expected 3 map values, got %#v\n", m) } d.SetId("testId") return nil } func testResourceMapRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error { return nil } func testResourceMapUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error { return nil } func testResourceMapDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error { d.SetId("") return nil }