BrickStore

1.0.1

public/New-BrickStoreFile.ps1

                                function New-BrickStoreFile {

    [CmdletBinding()]

    param

    (

        [Parameter()]

        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]

        [pscustomobject[]]$Item,

        [Parameter(Mandatory)]

        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]

        [string]$OutputFilePath

    )

    $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

    $allowedProperties = @(

        'ItemID'

        'ItemTypeID'

        'ColorID'

        'ItemName'

        'ItemTypeName'

        'ColorName'

        'CategoryID'

        'CategoryName'

        'Status'

        'Qty'

        'Price'

        'Condition'

        'Cost'

        'Remarks'

        'DateAdded'

        'DateLastSold'

        'Comments'

    )

    $requiredProperties = @(

        'ItemID'

        'ColorID'

        'ItemTypeID'

    )

    # Creating a new XML document for the output

    $xml = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument

    $root = $xml.CreateElement("BrickStoreXML")

    $null = $xml.AppendChild($root)

    $inventory = $xml.CreateElement("Inventory")

    $null = $root.AppendChild($inventory)

    if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Item')) {

        foreach ($i in $Item) {

            $itemNode = $xml.CreateElement("Item")

            foreach ($property in $i.PSObject.Properties) {

                if ($property.Name -notin $allowedProperties) {

                    throw "Property $($property.Name) is not allowed in a BrickStore file."

                }

                $element = $xml.CreateElement($property.Name)

                $null = $element.InnerText = $property.Value

                $null = $itemNode.AppendChild($element)

            }

            $null = $inventory.AppendChild($itemNode)

        }

    }

    $null = $xml.Save($OutputFilePath)

}