helper/schema: Resource can be writable or not

In the "schema" layer a Resource is just any "thing" that has a schema
and supports some or all of the CRUD operations. Data sources introduce
a new use of Resource to represent read-only resources, which require
some different InternalValidate logic.

helper/schema/provider.go

@@ -75,21 +75,15 @@ func (p *Provider) InternalValidate() error {
 	}
 
 	for k, r := range p.ResourcesMap {
-		if err := r.InternalValidate(nil); err != nil {
+		if err := r.InternalValidate(nil, true); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("resource %s: %s", k, err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	for k, r := range p.DataSourcesMap {
-		if err := r.InternalValidate(nil); err != nil {
+		if err := r.InternalValidate(nil, false); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("data source %s: %s", k, err)
 		}
-
-		if r.Create != nil || r.Update != nil || r.Delete != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf(
-				"data source %s: must not have Create, Update or Delete", k,
-			)
-		}
 	}
 
 	return nil

helper/schema/resource.go

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ import (
 // The Resource schema is an abstraction that allows provider writers to
 // worry only about CRUD operations while off-loading validation, diff
 // generation, etc. to this higher level library.
+//
+// In spite of the name, this struct is not used only for terraform resources,
+// but also for data sources. In the case of data sources, the Create,
+// Update and Delete functions must not be provided.
 type Resource struct {
 	// Schema is the schema for the configuration of this resource.
 	//
@@ -260,13 +264,20 @@ func (r *Resource) Refresh(
 // Provider.InternalValidate() will automatically call this for all of
 // the resources it manages, so you don't need to call this manually if it
 // is part of a Provider.
-func (r *Resource) InternalValidate(topSchemaMap schemaMap) error {
+func (r *Resource) InternalValidate(topSchemaMap schemaMap, writable bool) error {
 	if r == nil {
 		return errors.New("resource is nil")
 	}
+
+	if !writable {
+		if r.Create != nil || r.Update != nil || r.Delete != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("must not implement Create, Update or Delete")
+		}
+	}
+
 	tsm := topSchemaMap
 
-	if r.isTopLevel() {
+	if r.isTopLevel() && writable {
 		// All non-Computed attributes must be ForceNew if Update is not defined
 		if r.Update == nil {
 			nonForceNewAttrs := make([]string, 0)

helper/schema/resource_test.go

@@ -395,12 +395,14 @@ func TestResourceApply_isNewResource(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestResourceInternalValidate(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
-		In  *Resource
+		In       *Resource
-		Err bool
+		Writable bool
+		Err      bool
 	}{
 		{
 			nil,
 			true,
+			true,
 		},
 
 		// No optional and no required
@@ -415,6 +417,7 @@ func TestResourceInternalValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			true,
+			true,
 		},
 
 		// Update undefined for non-ForceNew field
@@ -429,6 +432,7 @@ func TestResourceInternalValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			true,
+			true,
 		},
 
 		// Update defined for ForceNew field
@@ -445,11 +449,41 @@ func TestResourceInternalValidate(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			true,
+			true,
+		},
+
+		// non-writable doesn't need Update, Create or Delete
+		{
+			&Resource{
+				Schema: map[string]*Schema{
+					"goo": &Schema{
+						Type:     TypeInt,
+						Optional: true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			false,
+			false,
+		},
+
+		// non-writable *must not* have Create
+		{
+			&Resource{
+				Create: func(d *ResourceData, meta interface{}) error { return nil },
+				Schema: map[string]*Schema{
+					"goo": &Schema{
+						Type:     TypeInt,
+						Optional: true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			false,
+			true,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for i, tc := range cases {
-		err := tc.In.InternalValidate(schemaMap{})
+		err := tc.In.InternalValidate(schemaMap{}, tc.Writable)
 		if err != nil != tc.Err {
 			t.Fatalf("%d: bad: %s", i, err)
 		}

helper/schema/schema.go

@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ func (m schemaMap) InternalValidate(topSchemaMap schemaMap) error {
 
 			switch t := v.Elem.(type) {
 			case *Resource:
-				if err := t.InternalValidate(topSchemaMap); err != nil {
+				if err := t.InternalValidate(topSchemaMap, true); err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 			case *Schema: