Functions/Compare-ObjectProperty.ps1
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Function Compare-ObjectProperty { <# .SYNOPSIS Compares two objects property by property. .DESCRIPTION Compares two objects property by property. when a simple Compare-Object does not find equivalence, for instance when the order of properties is different between the 2 objects. .PARAMETER ReferenceObject The first object to compare .PARAMETER DifferenceObject The second object to compare .EXAMPLE Compare-ObjectProperty -ReferenceObject $object1 -DifferenceObject $object2 .OUTPUTS [psobject] .LINK Compare-Object #> #region Parameters [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact='None')] [outputtype('psobject')] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory, HelpMessage = 'First object to compare', Position = 0)] [PSObject] $ReferenceObject, [Parameter(Mandatory, HelpMessage = 'Second object to compare', Position = 1)] [PSObject] $DifferenceObject ) #endregion Parameters begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } process { $objprops = $ReferenceObject | Get-Member -MemberType Property, NoteProperty | ForEach-Object Name $objprops += $DifferenceObject | Get-Member -MemberType Property, NoteProperty | ForEach-Object Name $objprops = $objprops | Sort-Object | Select-Object -Unique $diffs = @() foreach ($objprop in $objprops) { $diff = Compare-Object -ReferenceObject $ReferenceObject -DifferenceObject $DifferenceObject -Property $objprop if ($diff) { $diffprops = @{ PropertyName = $objprop RefValue = ($diff | Where-Object { $_.SideIndicator -eq '<=' } | ForEach-Object $($objprop)) DiffValue = ($diff | Where-Object { $_.SideIndicator -eq '=>' } | ForEach-Object $($objprop)) } $diffs += New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $diffprops } } if ($diffs) { return ($diffs | Select-Object -Property PropertyName, RefValue, DiffValue) } } end { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } } |