Public/Convert-BlueCatPropertyString.ps1
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function Convert-BlueCatPropertyString { <# .SYNOPSIS Converts a property string to a PSCustomObject .DESCRIPTION The Convert-BlueCatPropertyString cmdlet converts a pipe (|) delimited name=value pair string from the BlueCat API into a PSCustomObject so that properties can be referenced as object members by name. .PARAMETER Property A string value representing object properties as returned by the BlueCat API .EXAMPLE PS> $PropertyObject = Convert-BlueCatPropertyString -Property $PropertyString .EXAMPLE PS> $PropertyObject = $PropertyString | Convert-BlueCatPropertyString .INPUTS [string] value as returned by the BlueCat API, '|' delimited name=value pairs .OUTPUTS [PSCustomObject] #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline,Position=0)] [Alias('Properties','PropertyString')] [string] $Property ) process { $PropertyObject = New-Object -TypeName psobject $Properties = $Property.TrimEnd('|').Split('|') foreach ($PropertyItem in $Properties) { $bits = $PropertyItem.Split('=',2) if ($bits[1] -eq 'false') { $PropertyObject | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $bits[0] -Value $false } elseif ($bits[1] -eq 'true') { $PropertyObject | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $bits[0] -Value $true } else { $PropertyObject | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $bits[0] -Value $bits[1] } } $PropertyObject } } |