new_contents: # (c) 2012-2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
  # (c) 2014, Serge van Ginderachter <serge@vanginderachter.be>
  #
  # This file is part of Ansible
  #
  # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  # (at your option) any later version.
  #
  # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  # GNU General Public License for more details.
  #
  # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  
  class VarsModule(object):
  
      """
      Loads variables for groups and/or hosts
      """
  
      def __init__(self, inventory):
  
          """ constructor """
  
          self.inventory = inventory
          self.inventory_basedir = inventory.basedir()
  
  
      def run(self, host, vault_password=None):
          """ For backwards compatibility, when only vars per host were retrieved
              This method should return both host specific vars as well as vars
              calculated from groups it is a member of """
          return {}
  
  
      def get_host_vars(self, host, vault_password=None):
          """ Get host specific variables. """
          return {}
  
  
      def get_group_vars(self, group, vault_password=None):
          """ Get group specific variables. """
          return {}
  
  
subject: Introduce noop vars plugin.