Private/Read-Property.ps1
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function Read-Property { <# .SYNOPSIS Parse property .DESCRIPTION Parse property content to output key-value pair .PARAMETER Property The property parameter corresponds to the property to read. .INPUTS None. .OUTPUTS [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary] Read-Property returns an ordered hashtable containing the name and value of a given property. .EXAMPLE Read-Property -Property "Key = Value" In this example, Read-Property will parse the content and assign the value "Value" to the property "Key". .NOTES File name: Read-Property.ps1 Author: Florian Carrier Creation date: 2018-10-15 Last modified: 2019-06-17 #> [CmdletBinding ()] Param ( [Parameter ( Position = 1, Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, HelpMessage = "Property content" )] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty ()] [String] $Property ) Begin { # Get global preference variables Get-CallerPreference -Cmdlet $PSCmdlet -SessionState $ExecutionContext.SessionState # Instantiate variables $KeyValuePair = New-Object -TypeName "System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary" $Index = $Property.IndexOf("=") } Process { # Check that format is valid if ($Index -gt 0) { $Offset = 1 $Key = $Property.Substring(0, $Index) $Value = $Property.Substring($Index + $Offset, $Property.Length - $Index - $Offset) # Generate key-value pair $KeyValuePair.Add("Key" , $Key.Trim()) $KeyValuePair.Add("Value" , $Value.Trim()) } # Output key-value pair return $KeyValuePair } } |