Functions/Export-HashData.ps1
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#Requires -Version 4.0 function Export-HashData { <# .SYNOPSIS Serialize an object to a file as an HashTable. .DESCRIPTION Serialize an object to a file as an HashTable. The majority of the types of the object is preserved in the output. To handle datetime, the module have a function New-Date that only can create a date from a long tick value. .PARAMETER Path The target file that will store the serialized object .PARAMETER InputObject The object that should be Serialized. .PARAMETER Append Append the Serialized object to the file. .EXAMPLE $obj = [pscustomobject]@{ Name = "Tore" Age = 45 CodeCoverage = 11.21 Date = (Get-Date) IntArray = 1,2,3 } Export-HashData -Path C:\Temp\hash.txt -InputObject $obj This will serialize the $obj variable and save this string in the file hash.txt @{Name = "Tore";Age = 45;CodeCoverage = 11.21;Date = New-Date 636221857704582734;IntArray = 1,2,3;} .INPUTS .OUTPUTS .NOTES Author: Tore Groneng Website: www.firstpoint.no Twitter: @ToreGroneng #> [cmdletbinding( SupportsShouldProcess=$true, ConfirmImpact='High' )] Param ( [string] $Path , [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] $InputObject , [switch] $Append ) Begin { $f = $MyInvocation.InvocationName Write-Verbose -Message "$f - START" } Process { $fileContent = "" Write-Verbose -Message "$f - Converting inputobject to string" if ($InputObject -is [hashtable] -or $InputObject -is [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]) { $fileContent = $InputObject | ConvertTo-HashString } else { foreach ($input in $InputObject) { $fileContent += $input | ConvertTo-Hashtable | ConvertTo-HashString } } $file = @{ Path = $Path Value = $fileContent Encoding = "UTF8" } if ($Append.IsPresent) { if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("$Path", "$f - Append to file")) { Write-Verbose -Message "$f - Appending to file [$Path]" Add-Content @file } } else { if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("$Path", "$f - Overwriting file")) { Write-Verbose -Message "$f - Writing to file [$Path]" Set-Content @file } } } End { Write-Verbose -Message "$f - END" } } |