1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugin/kubernetes/namespace.go b/plugin/kubernetes/namespace.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dafc7ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/kubernetes/namespace.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package kubernetes
+
+// namespace checks if namespace n exists in this cluster. This returns true
+// even for non exposed namespaces, see namespaceExposed.
+func (k *Kubernetes) namespace(n string) bool {
+	ns, err := k.APIConn.GetNamespaceByName(n)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return ns.ObjectMeta.Name == n
+}
+
+// namespaceExposed returns true when the namespace is exposed.
+func (k *Kubernetes) namespaceExposed(namespace string) bool {
+	_, ok := k.Namespaces[namespace]
+	if len(k.Namespaces) > 0 && !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}