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 .EXAMPLE .INPUTS One or more PS Object .OUTPUTS One or more strings #> param([Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)][object[]]$inputObect, [switch] $MockablePSObject ,[switch] $ComparableHashTable ) begin{ $result = new-object PsObject $result | add-member -type noteproperty -name "MockablePSObject" -value "" $result | add-member -type noteproperty -name "ComparableHashTable" -value "" } 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 += "}" $outObj = "[PSCustomObject]$outHash" if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($result.MockablePSObject)){ $result.MockablePSObject += "$outObj" }else{ $result.MockablePSObject += ",$outObj" } if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($result.ComparableHashTable)){ $result.ComparableHashTable += "$outHash" }else{ $result.ComparableHashTable += ",$outHash" } } end{ if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($result.MockablePSObject) -and [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($result.ComparableHashTable)){ Write-Output $null return } If ($MockablePSObject -and -not $ComparableHashTable){ Write-Output $result | select -ExpandProperty MockablePSObject return } If ($ComparableHashTable -and -not $MockablePSObject){ Write-Output $result | select -ExpandProperty ComparableHashTable return } else{ Write-Output $result return } } }Export-ModuleMember -Function ConvertTo-HashTableString |