Private/ConvertTo-CliXml.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Exports Microsoft .NET objects froms PowerShell to a CliXml string. .DESCRIPTION The ConvertTo-CliXml command exports Microsoft .NET Framework objects from PowerShell to a CliXml string. .PARAMETER InputObject Specifies the object to be converted. Enter a variable that contains the objects, or type a command or expression that gets the objects. You can also pipe objects to ConvertTo-CliXml. .INPUTS object .OUTPUTS System.String .NOTES Help Author: Adam Najmanowicz, Michael West .LINK https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/ .LINK ConvertFrom-CliXml .LINK ConvertFrom-Xml .LINK ConvertTo-Xml .LINK Export-CliXml .LINK Import-CliXml .EXAMPLE PS master:\> #Convert original item to xml PS master:\> $myCliXmlItem = Get-Item -Path master:\content\home | ConvertTo-CliXml PS master:\> #print the CliXml PS master:\> $myCliXmlItem PS master:\> #print the Item converted back from CliXml PS master:\> $myCliXmlItem | ConvertFrom-CliXml #> function ConvertTo-CliXml { param( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [PSObject[]]$InputObject ) begin { $type = [PSObject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.Serializer') $ctor = $type.GetConstructor('instance,nonpublic', $null, @([System.Xml.XmlWriter]), $null) $sw = New-Object System.IO.StringWriter $xw = New-Object System.Xml.XmlTextWriter $sw $serializer = $ctor.Invoke($xw) #$method = $type.GetMethod('Serialize', 'nonpublic,instance', $null, [type[]]@([object]), $null) } process { try { [void]$type.InvokeMember("Serialize", "InvokeMethod,NonPublic,Instance", $null, $serializer, [object[]]@($InputObject)) } catch { Write-Warning "Could not serialize $($InputObject.GetType()): $_" } } end { [void]$type.InvokeMember("Done", "InvokeMethod,NonPublic,Instance", $null, $serializer, @()) $sw.ToString() $xw.Close() $sw.Dispose() } } |