internal/functions/Remove-FMNullValuesFromHashtable.ps1
function Remove-FMNullValuesFromHashtable { <# .SYNOPSIS Helper function to remove empty attributes from a provided HashTable. .DESCRIPTION Helper function to remove empty attributes from a provided HashTable. .PARAMETER InputObject The original Hastable .PARAMETER NullHandler How should empty values be handled? -Keep: Keep the Attribute -RemoveAttribute: Remove the Attribute (default) -ClearContent: Clear the value .PARAMETER LongNullValue Which long value should be interpretated as "empty" .EXAMPLE An example has to be provided later .NOTES General notes #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([Hashtable])] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseShouldProcessforStateChangingFunctions', '')] param ( [parameter(mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ParameterSetName = "default")] # [parameter(mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ParameterSetName = "clearEmpty")] # [parameter(mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ParameterSetName = "removeEmpty")] [HashTable]$InputObject, [ValidateSet("Keep", "RemoveAttribute", "ClearContent")] [parameter(mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = "default")] $NullHandler = "RemoveAttribute", [parameter(mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = "default")] [long]$LongNullValue = -1 # , # [parameter(mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = "clearEmpty")] # [switch]$ClearEmptyArrays, # [parameter(mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = "keepEmpty")] # [switch]$KeepEmptyAttribute ) begin { if ($NullHandler -eq "RemoveAttribute") { $logLevel = "Debug" } else { $logLevel = "Verbose" } } process { } end { if ($NullHandler -eq "Keep") { Write-PSFMessage "Returning inputObject unchanged" -Level $logLevel return $InputObject } $keyList = $InputObject.Keys | ForEach-Object { "$_" } foreach ($key in $keyList) { if ($null -eq $InputObject.$key) { continue } $paramaterType = $InputObject.$key.gettype() switch -regex ($paramaterType) { ".*\[\]" { write-psfmessage "Prüfe Null-Arrays" -Level $logLevel if ($InputObject.$key.Count -gt 0 -and ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($InputObject.$key[0]))) { if ($NullHandler -eq "ClearContent") { write-psfmessage "Replacing Array Attribute $key with empty Array" -Level $logLevel $InputObject.$key = @() } else { write-psfmessage "Removing Array Attribute $key" -Level $logLevel $InputObject.Remove($key) } } } "string" { if (($NullHandler -eq "RemoveAttribute") -and ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($InputObject.$key))) { write-psfmessage "Removing String Attribute $key" -Level $logLevel $InputObject.Remove($key) } } "long" { if ($NullHandler -eq "RemoveAttribute" -and $InputObject.$key -eq $LongNullValue) { write-psfmessage "Removing Long Attribute $key" -Level $logLevel $InputObject.Remove($key) } } Default { Write-PSFMessage "Unknown ParamaterType $paramaterType" -Level $logLevel } } } return $InputObject } } |