Private/Utils/ConvertTo-HashtableFromString.ps1
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function ConvertTo-HashtableFromString { <# .SYNOPSIS Converts hashtable or any other dictionary to a serializable string. It also supports nested hashtables. .EXAMPLE ConvertTo-HashtableFromString -Hashtable @{'key' = 'value'; 'keyNested' = @{'a' = 'b'}} @{'key'='value'; 'keyNested'=@{'a'='b'; }; } #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([string])] param( # Hashtable to convert. [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)] [System.Collections.IDictionary] $Hashtable ) process { $sb = New-Object -TypeName System.Text.StringBuilder [void]($sb.Append('@{')) foreach ($entry in $Hashtable.GetEnumerator()) { $key = $entry.Key -replace "'", "''" $key = "'$key'" $value = $entry.Value if ($value -is [System.Collections.IDictionary]) { $value = ConvertTo-HashtableFromString -Hashtable $value } else { $value = $value -replace "'", "''" $value = "'$value'" } [void]($sb.Append("$key=$value; ")) } [void]($sb.Append('}')) return $sb.ToString() } } |