Functions/ConvertFrom-ScriptConfigXml.ps1
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<# .SYNOPSIS Convert the XML file content to a hashtable containing the configuration. .DESCRIPTION Convert the XML file content to a hashtable containing the configuration. .PARAMETER Content An array of strings with the XML file content. Each array item is a line. .EXAMPLE C:\> Get-Content -Path 'config.xml' | ConvertFrom-ScriptConfigXml Use the pipeline input to parse the XML file content. #> function ConvertFrom-ScriptConfigXml { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)] [AllowEmptyString()] [String[]] $Content ) Write-Verbose "Parse script configuration file as XML format ..." $Config = @{} try { # Try to cast the content into an XmlDocument $XmlContent = [Xml] $Content # Extract all setting objects $Settings = $XmlContent.Configuration.Settings.Setting foreach ($Setting in $Settings) { switch ($Setting.Type) { # String 'string' { $Config[$Setting.Key] = $Setting.Value } # Integer 'integer' { $Config[$Setting.Key] = [Int32]::Parse($Setting.Value) } # Boolean 'boolean' { $Config[$Setting.Key] = 'True' -eq $Setting.Value } # Array 'array' { $Config[$Setting.Key] = @() foreach ($Item in $Setting.Item) { $Config[$Setting.Key] += $Item.Value } } # Hashtable 'hashtable' { $Config[$Setting.Key] = @{} foreach ($Item in $Setting.Item) { $Config[$Setting.Key][$Item.Key] = $Item.Value } } } } Write-Output $Config } catch { throw "The configuration file content was in an invalid format: $_" } } |