Public/ConvertTo-HashTableString.ps1
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Function ConvertTo-HashTableString{ <# .Synopsis Converts a Powershell Object into a string representation of a HashTable .DESCRIPTION I really like testing my functions, but sometimes it is difficult to figure out exactly how my Mock should be constructed. This function enables me to take a real life instance of a thing, and get a string with a hash table that I can use for my Mock .INPUTS One or more PS Object .OUTPUTS One or more strings #> param([Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)][object[]]$inputObect) process{ $objCount = ($inputObect | Measure-Object).Count if ($objCount -eq 0){return $null} $outHash = "@{" foreach ($item in $inputObect){ foreach ($k in ($inputObect | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty).Name) { if ($($item.$k).GetType().FullName -eq "System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject"){ $x = 0; $innerHash ="@{" foreach ($y in ($($item.$k) | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty).Name){ $innerHash+="$y = '$($($item.$k.$y).Replace("`'","`'`'"))'" } $innerhash+="}" $outHash+=$innerHash } else{ $outHash+= "$k = '$($($item.$k).Replace("`'","`'`'"))' " } } } $outHash += "}" Write-Output "$outHash"} }Export-ModuleMember -Function ConvertTo-HashTableString |