functions/hashtableTools.ps1
Function Convert-HashtableString { [cmdletbinding()] [OutputType([System.Collections.Hashtable])] Param( [parameter(Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter your hashtable string", ValueFromPipeline)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$Text ) Begin { Write-Verbose "[BEGIN ] Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #begin Process { $tokens = $null $err = $null $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseInput($Text, [ref]$tokens, [ref]$err) $data = $ast.find( { $args[0] -is [System.Management.Automation.Language.HashtableAst] }, $true) if ($err) { Throw $err } else { $data.SafeGetValue() } } End { Write-Verbose "[END ] Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } Function ConvertTo-HashTable { [cmdletbinding()] [OutputType([System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary])] [OutputType([System.Collections.Hashtable])] Param( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Please specify an object", ValueFromPipeline )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [object]$InputObject, [switch]$NoEmpty, [string[]]$Exclude, [switch]$Alphabetical, [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Create an ordered hashtable instead of a plain hashtable.")] [switch]$Ordered ) Process { <# get type using the [Type] class because deserialized objects won't have a GetType() method which is what I would normally use. #> $TypeName = [system.type]::GetTypeArray($InputObject).name Write-Verbose "Converting an object of type $TypeName" #get property names using Get-Member $names = $InputObject | Get-Member -MemberType properties | Select-Object -ExpandProperty name if ($Alphabetical) { Write-Verbose "Sort property names alphabetically" $names = $names | Sort-Object } #define an empty hash table if ($Ordered) { Write-Verbose "Creating an ordered hashtable" $hash = [ordered]@{ } } else { $hash = @{ } } #go through the list of names and add each property and value to the hash table $names | ForEach-Object { #only add properties that haven't been excluded if ($Exclude -notcontains $_) { #only add if -NoEmpty is not called and property has a value if ($NoEmpty -AND -Not ($inputobject.$_)) { Write-Verbose "Skipping $_ as empty" } else { Write-Verbose "Adding property $_" $hash.Add($_, $inputobject.$_) } } #if exclude notcontains else { Write-Verbose "Excluding $_" } } #foreach Write-Verbose "Writing the result to the pipeline" Write-Output $hash }#close process }#end function Function Convert-HashTableToCode { [cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "psd1")] [alias("chc")] [OutputType([system.string])] Param( [Parameter(Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline, Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [hashtable]$Hashtable, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "psd1")] [Alias("tab")] [int]$Indent = 1, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "inline", HelpMessage = "Write the hashtable as an inline expression")] [switch]$Inline ) Begin { Write-Verbose "Starting $($myinvocation.mycommand)" if ($Inline) { Write-Verbose "Creating an inline expression" } } Process { Write-Verbose "Processing a hashtable with $($hashtable.keys.count) keys" $hashtable.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object -begin { [string]$out = "@{" if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'psd1') { $out += "`n" } } -Process { Write-Verbose "Testing value type $($_.value.gettype().name) for key $($_.key)" #determine if the value needs to be enclosed in quotes if ($_.value.gettype().name -match "Int|double") { Write-Verbose "..is a numeric" $value = $_.value } elseif ($_.value -is [array]) { #assuming all the members of the array are of the same type Write-Verbose "..is an array" #test if an array of numbers otherwise treat as strings if ($_.value[0].Gettype().name -match "int|double") { $value = $_.value -join ',' } else { $value = "'{0}'" -f ($_.value -join "','") } } elseif ($_.value -is [hashtable]) { Write-Verbose "Creating nested entry" $nested = Convert-HashTableToCode $_.value -Indent $($indent + 1) $value = "$($nested)" } elseif ($_.value -is [scriptblock]) { Write-Verbose "Parsing scriptblock" $value = "{$($_.value)}" } else { Write-Verbose "..defaulting as a string" $value = "'$($_.value)'" } if ($inline) { $out += "$($_.key) = $value;" } else { $tabcount = "`t" * $Indent $out += "$tabcount$($_.key) = $value `n" } } -end { if ($inline) { #strip off the last ; $out = $out.remove($out.Length - 1) $out += "}" } else { $tabcount = "`t" * ($Indent - 1) $out += "$tabcount}`n" } $out } } #process End { Write-Verbose "Ending $($myinvocation.mycommand)" } } #end function Function Join-Hashtable { [cmdletbinding()] [OutputType([System.Collections.Hashtable])] Param ( [hashtable]$First, [hashtable]$Second, [switch]$Force ) #create clones of hashtables so originals are not modified $Primary = $First.Clone() $Secondary = $Second.Clone() #check for any duplicate keys $duplicates = $Primary.keys | Where-Object { $Secondary.ContainsKey($_) } if ($duplicates) { foreach ($item in $duplicates) { if ($force) { #force primary key, so remove secondary conflict $Secondary.Remove($item) } else { Write-Host "Duplicate key $item" -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host "A $($Primary.Item($item))" -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host "B $($Secondary.Item($item))" -ForegroundColor Yellow $r = Read-Host "Which key do you want to KEEP [AB]?" if ($r -eq "A") { $Secondary.Remove($item) } elseif ($r -eq "B") { $Primary.Remove($item) } Else { Write-Warning "Aborting operation" Return } } #else prompt } } #join the two hash tables $Primary + $Secondary } #end Join-Hashtable Function Convert-CommandtoHashtable { [cmdletbinding()] [OutputType("Hashtable")] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] #"Enter a PowerShell expression with full parameter names" [string]$Text ) Set-StrictMode -Version latest New-Variable astTokens -force New-Variable astErr -force #trim spaces $Text = $Text.trim() Write-Verbose "Converting $text" $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseInput($Text, [ref]$astTokens, [ref]$astErr) #resolve the command name $cmdType = Get-Command $asttokens[0].text if ($cmdType.CommandType -eq 'Alias') { $cmd = $cmdType.ResolvedCommandName } else { $cmd = $cmdType.Name } #last item is end of input token $r = for ($i = 1; $i -lt $astTokens.count - 1 ; $i++) { if ($astTokens[$i].ParameterName) { $p = $astTokens[$i].ParameterName $v = "" #check next token if ($astTokens[$i + 1].Kind -match 'Parameter|EndOfInput') { #the parameter must be a switch $v = "`$True" } else { While ($astTokens[$i + 1].Kind -notmatch 'Parameter|EndOfInput') { $i++ #test if value is a string and if it is quoted, if not include quotes #if ($astTokens[$i].Kind -eq "Identifier" -AND $astTokens[$i].Text -notmatch """\w+.*""" -AND $astTokens[$i].Text -notmatch "'\w+.*'") { if ($astTokens[$i].Text -match "\D" -AND $astTokens[$i].Text -notmatch """\w+.*""" -AND $astTokens[$i].Text -notmatch "'\w+.*'") { #ignore commas and variables if ($astTokens[$i].Kind -match 'Comma|Variable') { $value = $astTokens[$i].Text } else { #Assume text and quote it $value = """$($astTokens[$i].Text)""" } } else { $value = $astTokens[$i].Text } $v += $value } #while } #don't add a line return if this is going to be the last item if ($i + 1 -ge $astTokens.count - 1) { " $p = $v" } else { " $p = $v`n" } } #if ast parameter name } #for $hashtext = @" `$paramHash = @{ $r } $cmd @paramHash "@ $hashtext } Function Rename-HashTable { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess, DefaultParameterSetName = "Pipeline")] [alias("rht")] Param( [parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter the name of your hash table variable without the `$", ParameterSetName = "Name" )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$Name, [parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = "Pipeline" )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [object]$InputObject, [parameter( Position = 1, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter the existing key name you want to rename")] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$Key, [parameter(position = 2, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "Enter the NEW key name" )] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$NewKey, [switch]$Passthru, [ValidateSet("Global", "Local", "Script", "Private", 0, 1, 2, 3)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$Scope = "Global" ) Begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" Write-Verbose "using parameter set $($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName)" } Process { Write-Verbose "PSBoundparameters" Write-Verbose $($PSBoundParameters | Out-String) #validate Key and NewKey are not the same if ($key -eq $NewKey) { Write-Warning "The values you specified for -Key and -NewKey appear to be the same. Names are NOT case-sensitive" #bail out Return } Try { #validate variable is a hash table if ($InputObject) { #create a completely random name to avoid any possible naming collisions $name = [system.io.path]::GetRandomFileName() Write-Verbose "Creating temporary hashtable ($name) from pipeline input" Set-Variable -Name $name -Scope $scope -value $InputObject -WhatIf:$False $passthru = $True } else { Write-Verbose "Using hashtable variable $name" } Write-Verbose (Get-Variable -Name $name -Scope $scope | Out-String) Write-Verbose "Validating $name as a hashtable in $Scope scope." #get the variable $var = Get-Variable -Name $name -Scope $Scope -ErrorAction Stop Write-Verbose "Detected a $($var.value.GetType().fullname)" Write-Verbose "Testing for key $key" if (-Not $var.value.Contains($key)) { Write-Warning "Failed to find the key $key in the hashtable." #bail out Return } if ( $var.Value -is [hashtable]) { #create a temporary copy Write-Verbose "Cloning a temporary hashtable" <# Use the clone method to create a separate copy. If you just assign the value to $temphash, the two hash tables are linked in memory so changes to $tempHash are also applied to the original object. #> $tempHash = $var.Value.Clone() if ($pscmdlet.ShouldProcess($NewKey, "Replace key $key")) { Write-Verbose "Writing the new hashtable to variable named $hashname" #create a key with the new name using the value from the old key Write-Verbose "Adding new key $newKey to the temporary hashtable" $tempHash.Add($NewKey, $tempHash.$Key) #remove the old key Write-Verbose "Removing $key" $tempHash.Remove($Key) #write the new value to the variable Write-Verbose "Writing the new hashtable to variable named $Name" Write-Verbose ($tempHash | Out-String) Set-Variable -Name $Name -Value $tempHash -Scope $Scope -Force -PassThru:$Passthru | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Value } } elseif ($var.value -is [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]) { Write-Verbose "Processing as an ordered dictionary" $varHash = $var.value #find the index number of the existing key $i = -1 Do { $i++ } Until (($varHash.GetEnumerator().name)[$i] -eq $Key) #save the current value $val = $varhash.item($i) if ($pscmdlet.ShouldProcess($NewKey, "Replace key $key at $i")) { #remove at the index number $varhash.RemoveAt($i) #insert the new value at the index number $varhash.Insert($i, $NewKey, $val) Write-Verbose "Writing the new hashtable to variable named $name" Write-Verbose ($varHash | Out-String) Set-Variable -Name $name -Value $varhash -Scope $Scope -Force -PassThru:$Passthru | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Value } } else { Write-Warning "The variable $name does not appear to be a hash table or ordered dictionaryBet" } } #Try Catch { Write-Warning "Failed to find a variable with a name of $Name. $($_.exception.message)." } Write-Verbose "Rename complete." } #Process End { #clean up any temporary variables if ($InputObject) { Write-Verbose "Removing temporary variable $name" Remove-Variable -name $Name -Scope $scope -WhatIf:$False } Write-Verbose -Message "Ending $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } #end } #end Rename-Hashtable |