Private/Get-TemplateGroup.ps1
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function Get-TemplateGroup { <# .SYNOPSIS Checks if a template <group> already exists. .DESCRIPTION This function will take in a template file path and group name check if the <group> already exists. .PARAMETER Path Specifies the XML template path .PARAMETER GroupName Specifies the Group Name .INPUTS This function will take inputs via pipeline as string .OUTPUTS Returns true or false base on the result of the template group lookup .EXAMPLE PS> Get-TemplateGroup -Path 'template.xml' -GroupName 'Group1' Checks for 'Group1' in template.xml. #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter( ValuefromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,mandatory=$true )] [System.String]$Path, [Parameter( ValuefromPipelineByPropertyName = $true,mandatory=$true )] [System.String]$GroupName ) begin { Set-StrictMode -Version Latest } # begin process { # Set the default return value $Return = $false # Get the contents of the XML file passed in [XML]$xmlgroups = Get-Content $Path # Check if there are no groups yet and return false if(($xmlgroups.SelectNodes("/root//group")).Count -eq 0){ $Return = $false } else { # Get the group name details from the XML variable if($null -eq ($xmlfile.root.group | where-object {$_.id -eq $($GroupName)})){ # Group not found, return false $Return = $false } else { # Group already in XML variable, return true $Return = $true } } } # process end { # Pass back return object return $Return } # end } |