Helpers/ConvertTo-Hashtable.ps1
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function ConvertTo-Hashtable { [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType('hashtable')] Param ( [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] $InputObject ) Process { ## Return null if the input is null. This can happen when calling the function ## recursively and a property is null if ($null -eq $InputObject) { Return $null } ## Check if the input is an array or collection. If so, we also need to convert ## those types into hash tables as well. This function will convert all child ## objects into hash tables (if applicable) if ($InputObject -is [System.Collections.IEnumerable] -and $InputObject -isnot [string]) { $Collection = @( Foreach($Object in $InputObject) { ConvertTo-Hashtable -InputObject $Object } ) ## Return the array but don't enumerate it because the object may be pretty complex Write-Output -NoEnumerate $Collection } elseif ($InputObject -is [PSObject]) { ## If the object has properties that need enumeration ## Convert it to its own hash table and return it $Hash = @{} foreach ($Property in $InputObject.PSObject.Properties) { $Hash[$Property.Name] = ConvertTo-Hashtable -InputObject $Property.Value } $Hash } else { ## If the object isn't an array, collection, or other object, it's already a hash table ## So just return it. $InputObject } } } |