Functions/GenXdev.Helpers/Remove-JSONComments.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Helpers Original cmdlet filename : Remove-JSONComments.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.300.2025 ################################################################################ Copyright (c) René Vaessen / GenXdev Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. ################################################################################> ############################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Removes comments from JSON content. .DESCRIPTION Processes JSON content and removes both single-line and multi-line comments while preserving the JSON structure. This is useful for cleaning up JSON files that contain documentation comments before parsing. .PARAMETER Json The JSON content to process as a string array. Each element represents a line of JSON content. .EXAMPLE $jsonContent = @' { // This is a comment "name": "test", /* inline comment */ /* multi-line comment */ "value": 123 } '@ -split "`n" Remove-JSONComments -Json $jsonContent .EXAMPLE $jsonContent | Remove-JSONComments #> function Remove-JSONComments { [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Default')] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseShouldProcessForStateChangingFunctions', '')] [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseSingularNouns', '')] [OutputType([System.String])] param( ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Default', HelpMessage = 'JSON content to process as string array' )] [string[]] $Json ) begin { # inform user that processing is starting Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Starting JSON comment removal process' } process { # remove comments from json using the helper class [GenXdev.Helpers.Serialization]::RemoveJSONComments($Json) } end { # inform user that processing is complete Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Completed JSON comment removal process' } } |