plaster/ModuleBuild/scaffold/build/dotSource/Convert-HashToString.ps1
function Script:Convert-HashToString { [cmdletbinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)] [Hashtable]$Hashtable, [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)] [switch]$Flatten ) Begin{ If($Flatten -or $Hashtable.Keys.Count -eq 0) { $Mode = 'Append' $Indenting = '' $RecursiveIndenting = '' } Else{ $Mode = 'Appendline' $Indenting = ' ' $RecursiveIndenting = ' ' * (Get-PSCallStack).Where({$_.Command -match 'Convert-ArrayToString|Convert-HashToSTring' -and $_.InvocationInfo.CommandOrigin -eq 'Internal' -and $_.InvocationInfo.Line -notmatch '\$This'}).Count } } Process{ $StringBuilder = [System.Text.StringBuilder]::new() If($Hashtable.Keys.Count -ge 1) { [void]$StringBuilder.$Mode("@{") } Else { [void]$StringBuilder.Append("@{") } Foreach($Key in $Hashtable.Keys) { $Value = $Hashtable[$Key] If($Key -match '\s') { $Key = "'$Key'" } If($Value -is [String]) { [void]$StringBuilder.$Mode($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + "$Key = '$Value'") } ElseIf($Value -is [int] -or $Value -is [double]) { [void]$StringBuilder.$Mode($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + "$Key = $($Value.ToString())") } ElseIf($Value -is [bool]) { [void]$StringBuilder.$Mode($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + "$Key = `$$Value") } ElseIf($Value -is [array]) { $Value = Convert-ArrayToString -Array $Value -Flatten:$Flatten [void]$StringBuilder.$Mode($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + "$Key = $Value") } ElseIf($Value -is [hashtable]) { $Value = Convert-HashToSTring -Hashtable $Value -Flatten:$Flatten [void]$StringBuilder.$Mode($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + "$Key = $Value") } Else { Throw "Key value is not of known type." } If($Flatten){[void]$StringBuilder.Append("; ")} } [void]$StringBuilder.Append($RecursiveIndenting + "}") $StringBuilder.ToString().Replace("; }",'}') } End{} } #Remove-TypeData -TypeName System.Collections.HashTable -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue #Update-TypeData -TypeName System.Collections.HashTable -MemberType ScriptMethod -MemberName ToString -Value {Convert-HashToString $This} |