Commands/CliXml/ConvertTo-CliXml.ps1
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function ConvertTo-CliXml { <# .Synopsis Converts PowerShell objects into CliXML .Description Converts PowerShell objects into CliXML strings or compressed CliXML strings .Example dir | ConvertTo-Clixml .Link ConvertFrom-Clixml .Link Import-Clixml .Link Export-Clixml #> [OutputType([string])] param( # The input object [Parameter(Mandatory,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline)] [PSObject[]] $InputObject, # The depth of objects to serialize. # By default, this will be the $FormatEnumerationLimit. [int] $Depth ) # $input is an old part of PowerShell that contains the entire unmodified pipeline input # Since this command only needs an end block, this is slightly faster than keeping our own input queue. $inputObjects = @($input) # If depth was not provided, or was negative if ($Depth -le 0) { $Depth = # default to the $FormatEnumerationLimit, if present if ($FormatEnumerationLimit) { $FormatEnumerationLimit } else { 4 } # (otherwise, 4). } #region Serialize switch ($inputObjects.Length) { 0 { break } 1 { # If there was a single item, only serialize that (otherwise we'd be weirding the return) [Management.Automation.PSSerializer]::Serialize($inputObjects[0], $depth) } default { [Management.Automation.PSSerializer]::Serialize($inputObjects, $depth) } } #endregion Serialize } |