Public/ConvertTo-Ini.ps1

<#/*
 * @Author: Joseph Iannone
 * @Date: 2023-02-06 23:57:35
 * @Last Modified by: Joseph Iannone
 * @Last Modified time: 2023-02-07 16:02:20
 */#>



Function ConvertTo-Ini {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Convert PSObjects to INI text
        
    .DESCRIPTION
        Convert PSObjects to INI text
        
    .PARAMETER InputObject
        A PSObject to convert to INI
    
    .EXAMPLE
        PS C:> $obj = @{
        >> Name = 'Joe'
        >> Language = 'PowerShell'
        >> Address = @{
        >> Street = '123 Fitzwater Street'
        >> City = 'Philadelphia'
        >> State = 'Pennsylvania'
        >> ZIP = 19147
        >> }
        >> }
        PS C:> $ini = $obj | ConvertTo-Ini
        PS C:> $ini > Config.ini
        PS C:> cat .\Config.ini
        Name=Joe
        Language=PowerShell

        [Address]
        ZIP=19147
        Street=123 Fitzwater Street
        State=Pennsylvania
        City=Philadelphia

        
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([string])]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)][Object]$InputObject,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipeline=$false)][switch]$Compress
    )
    
    Begin {
    
    }
    
    Process {

        # normalize / validate input object as json
        $obj = $InputObject | ConvertTo-Json | ConvertFrom-Json
        
        $result = [ConvertIni.IniWriter]::Write($obj, $Compress)
        
        $result
    
    }
    
    End {

    }

}