PSMustache.psm1

#Requires -Version 5.1
enum MustacheTagType {
    Root
    Text
    Comment
    Interpolation
    Delimiter
    Partial
    SectionStart
    SectionEnd
    InvertedStart
}
class MustacheTag {
    [MustacheTag]$Parent = $null
    [MustacheTagType]$Type = [MustacheTagType]::Root
    [string]$Content = ''
    [array]$Childs = @()
    [bool]$Unescape = $false

    [int]$TagStartPos
    [int]$TagEndPos

    [string]$DelimiterLeft = [PSMustache]::DelimiterLeftDefault
    [string]$DelimiterRight = [PSMustache]::DelimiterRightDefault

    [string] GetOuterContent() {
        if ($this.Type -eq [MustacheTagType]::Root) {
            return $this.Content
        }
        else {
            # Find Root-Node
            $rootParent = $this.Parent
            while (($null -ne $rootParent.Parent) -and ($rootParent.Type -ne [MustacheTagType]::Root)) {
                $rootParent = $rootParent.Parent
            }
            # Select Last ChildNode and Outer Content including Closing Tag in Sections/Inverted Sections
            if ($this.Type -in [MustacheTagType]::SectionStart,[MustacheTagType]::InvertedStart) {
                return $rootParent.Content.Substring($this.TagStartPos, ($this.Childs[$this.Childs.Length-1].TagEndPos) - $this.TagStartPos)
            } else {
                # Get Outer Content of regular Nodes
                return $rootParent.Content.Substring($this.TagStartPos, $this.TagEndPos - $this.TagStartPos)
            }
        }
    }
    [string] GetInnerContent() {
        if ($this.Type -notin [MustacheTagType]::SectionStart,[MustacheTagType]::InvertedStart) {
            return $this.Content
        }
        else {
            # No childs, no inner content...
            if ($this.Childs.Length -le 1) {
                return [string]::Empty
            }

            # Find Root-Node
            $rootParent = $this.Parent
            while (($null -ne $rootParent.Parent) -and ($rootParent.Type -ne [MustacheTagType]::Root)) {
                $rootParent = $rootParent.Parent
            }
            # Select Content from beginning of first Child until end of last content tag (very last is Section End)
            return $rootParent.Content.Substring($this.Childs[0].TagStartPos, $this.Childs[$this.Childs.Length - 1].TagStartPos - $this.Childs[0].TagStartPos)
        }
    }
}

class PSMustache {

    static [string]$DelimiterLeftDefault = '{{'
    static [string]$DelimiterRightDefault = '}}'
    static [string]$DelimiterLeftUnescapeDefault = '{'
    static [string]$DelimiterRightUnescapeDefault = '}'

    static [string]$regexTag = "\s*(?<Operator>[!>=#&^/])?\s*(?<TagContent>.+)"
    <#
        \s* # Whitespaces before Operator
        (?<Operator>[!>=#&^/])? # Operator of Tag, if any
        \s* # Whitespaces after Operator
        (?<TagContent>.+) # Tag-Content, normally Tag-Name (except comment-Tags)
    #>

    static [string] RenderTemplate([MustacheTag] $leaf, $valueStack, $partials) {
        $retValue = ''

        switch ($Leaf.Type) {
            Text { 
                $retValue = $Leaf.Content
                break
            }
            Interpolation {
                $retValue = [PSMustache]::GetValue($Leaf, $ValueStack)
                if (-not $Leaf.Unescape) {
                    $retValue = [System.Net.WebUtility]::HtmlEncode($retValue)
                }
                break
            }
            SectionStart {
                $sectionValue = [PSMustache]::GetValue($Leaf, $ValueStack)
                
                if ($sectionValue -is [MustacheTag]) {
                    $retValue += [PSMustache]::RenderTemplate($sectionValue, $valueStack, $null)
                    break
                }

                if ($sectionValue -is [string]) {
                    # When string, check if the string is not empty, otherwise it is equal to false
                    if (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($sectionValue)) {
                        $sectionValue = @($sectionValue)
                    }
                    else {
                        $sectionValue = @()
                    }
                }
                elseif ($sectionValue -is [bool]) {
                    # When bool, check if it is true
                    if ($sectionValue) {
                        $sectionValue = @($sectionValue)
                    }
                    else {
                        $sectionValue = @()
                    }
                }
                # Ensure it is an array, if not already
                if (-not ($sectionValue -is [array])) {
                    if ($null -ne $sectionValue) {
                        $sectionValue = @($sectionValue)
                    }
                    else {
                        $sectionValue = @()
                    }
                }
                # Loop through each array variable
                foreach ($curVar in $sectionValue) {
                    # Attach each Child of the section template to the result set for each variable in the stack
                    foreach ($curChild in $Leaf.Childs) {
                        if ($curVar -is [array]) {
                            # Nested Arrays need to join as such
                            $retValue += [PSMustache]::RenderTemplate($curChild, @($curVar, $ValueStack), $partials)
                        }
                        else {
                            $retValue += [PSMustache]::RenderTemplate($curChild, @($curVar) + $ValueStack, $partials)
                        } 
                    }
                }
                break                
            }
            InvertedStart {
                $sectionValue = [PSMustache]::GetValue($Leaf, $ValueStack)
                if ($sectionValue -is [string]) {
                    # When string, check if the string is not empty, otherwise it is equal to false
                    $outputInverted = [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($sectionValue)
                }
                elseif ($sectionValue -is [bool]) {
                    # When bool, check if it is true
                    $outputInverted = -not $sectionValue
                }
                elseif ($sectionValue -is [array]) {
                    $outputInverted = $sectionValue.Length -eq 0
                }
                else {
                    $outputInverted = $null -eq $sectionValue
                }
                if ($outputInverted) {
                    foreach ($curChild in $Leaf.Childs) {
                        if ($sectionValue -is [array]) {
                            # Nested Arrays need to join as such
                            $retValue += [PSMustache]::RenderTemplate($curChild, @($sectionValue, $ValueStack), $partials)
                        }
                        else {
                            $retValue += [PSMustache]::RenderTemplate($curChild, @($sectionValue) + $ValueStack, $partials)
                        } 
                    }
                }
                break
            }
            Partial {
                $partial = $partials.($Leaf.Content.Trim())
                if (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($partial)) {
                    if ($leaf.Childs.Length -gt 0) {
                        # Append intentation to every newline except the last one when ending with a newline
                        $partial = $partial -replace "(\n)(?!$)", "`n$($leaf.Childs[0].Content)"
                    }
                    $tags = [PSMustache]::ParseTemplate($partial)
                    # Check if intendation Text Tag is appended
                    if ($leaf.Childs.Length -gt 0) {
                        # Prepend Intentation bevore the first element to preserve it
                        $tags.Childs = @($leaf.Childs[0]) + $tags.Childs
                    }
                    $retValue += [PSMustache]::RenderTemplate($tags, $ValueStack, $partials)
                }
                break
            }
            Root {
                foreach ($curChild in $Leaf.Childs) {
                    $retValue += [PSMustache]::RenderTemplate($curChild, $ValueStack, $partials)
                }
                break
            }
            Default {}
        }
        return $retValue
    }

    static [object] GetValue([MustacheTag]$currentTag, [array]$valueStack) {

        $valueName = $currentTag.Content.Trim()  # Remove Whitespaces from variable name

        if ($valueName -eq '.') {
            # Return directly if dotted names
            if ($valueStack.Count -gt 1) {
                return $valueStack[0]
            }
            return $valueStack
        }

        # Loop through valueStack to find the value
        foreach ($curValue in $valueStack) {
            $curValueNamePart = $valueName.Split('.')
            # Lookup if first part of the name in in the current Stack position
            # If it matches, return the value down the dots, otherwise go stack up
            if ((($curValue -is [hashtable]) -and ($curValueNamePart[0] -in $curValue.Keys)) -or (($curValue | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Where-Object Name -eq $curValueNamePart[0]).count -eq 1)) {
                $curValueNamePart | ForEach-Object { $curValue = $curValue.$_ }
                if ($curValue -is [scriptblock]) {
                    # ScriptBlock / Lambda-Expression
                    try {
                        $functionValue =''
                        if ($currentTag.Type -eq [MustacheTagType]::SectionStart) {
                            # Sections are returned as Tags as they replace the original Childs in the node
                            $functionValue = $curValue.Invoke($currentTag.GetInnerContent())
                            return [PSMustache]::ParseTemplate($functionValue, $currentTag.DelimiterLeft, $currentTag.DelimiterRight)
                        } else {
                            $functionValue = $curValue.Invoke()
                            $template = [PSMustache]::ParseTemplate($functionValue)
                            return [PSMustache]::RenderTemplate($template, $valueStack, $null)
                        }
                    }
                    catch {
                        return "ERROR";
                    }
                }
                else {
                    return $curValue
                }
            }
        }
        return $null
    }

    static [MustacheTag] ParseTemplate([string]$template) {
        # Evaluate newLine
        if ($Template -match "(?<newLine>\r?\n)") {
            $templateNewLine = $Matches['newLine']
        }
        else {
            $templateNewLine = $null
        }
        # Go with defaults
        return [PSMustache]::ParseTemplate($template, [PSMustache]::DelimiterLeftDefault, [PSMustache]::DelimiterRightDefault, [PSMustache]::DelimiterLeftUnescapeDefault, [PSMustache]::DelimiterRightUnescapeDefault, $templateNewLine)
    }
    static [MustacheTag] ParseTemplate([string]$template, [string]$delimiterLeft, [string]$delimiterRight) {
        # Evaluate newLine
        if ($Template -match "(?<newLine>\r?\n)") {
            $templateNewLine = $Matches['newLine']
        }
        else {
            $templateNewLine = $null
        }
        # Go with defaults
        return [PSMustache]::ParseTemplate($template, $delimiterLeft, $delimiterRight, [PSMustache]::DelimiterLeftUnescapeDefault, [PSMustache]::DelimiterRightUnescapeDefault, $templateNewLine)
    }
    static [MustacheTag] ParseTemplate([string]$template, [string]$delimiterLeft, [string]$delimiterRight, [string]$delimiterLeftUnescape, [string]$delimiterRightUnescape, [string]$templateNewLine) {
        $parseTree = [MustacheTag]@{
            Type        = [MustacheTagType]::Root
            Content     = $Template
            TagStartPos = 0
            TagEndPos   = $Template.Length
            DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
            DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
        }

        $rootParent = $parseTree

        $lastPosition = 0
        $openTagPosition = -1
        $closeTagPosition = 0
        while (($openTagPosition = $Template.IndexOf($delimiterLeft, $lastPosition)) -ge 0) {
            # Open Delimiter found, check if Unescape is used
            $isUnescapeByTriple = $openTagPosition -eq $Template.IndexOf($delimiterLeft + $delimiterLeftUnescape, $openTagPosition, ($delimiterLeft + $delimiterLeftUnescape).Length)
            if ($isUnescapeByTriple) {
                # Find Close Delimiter incl. Unescape-Delimiter
                $closeTagPosition = $Template.IndexOf($delimiterRight + $delimiterRightUnescape, $openTagPosition + $delimiterLeft.Length ) # Find Close Del, pos after Open Del
                # Get Content excl. Unescape-Delimiter
                $tagContent = $Template.Substring($openTagPosition + $delimiterLeft.Length + $delimiterLeftUnescape.Length, $closeTagPosition - $openTagPosition - $delimiterLeft.Length - $delimiterLeftUnescape.Length)
            }
            else {
                # Find Close Delimiter
                $closeTagPosition = $Template.IndexOf($delimiterRight, $openTagPosition + $delimiterLeft.Length) # Find Close Del, pos after Open Del
                $tagContent = $Template.Substring($openTagPosition + $delimiterLeft.Length, $closeTagPosition - $openTagPosition - $delimiterLeft.Length)
            }


            $tagContent -match [PSMustache]::regexTag | Out-Null
            $tagContentMatch = $Matches
            if (($null -eq $tagContentMatch['Operator']) -or ($tagContentMatch['Operator'] -eq '&')) {
                ## Interpolation

                # Text-Content before Tag, if any
                if ($openTagPosition - $lastPosition -gt 0) {
                    $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                        Parent      = $rootParent
                        Type        = [MustacheTagType]::Text
                        Content     = $Template.Substring($lastPosition, $openTagPosition - $lastPosition)
                        TagStartPos = $lastPosition
                        TagEndPos   = $openTagPosition
                        DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                        DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                    }
                }
                $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                    Parent      = $rootParent
                    Type        = [MustacheTagType]::Interpolation
                    Content     = $tagContentMatch['TagContent']
                    Unescape    = ($isUnescapeByTriple -or ($tagContentMatch['Operator'] -eq '&'))
                    TagStartPos = $openTagPosition
                    TagEndPos   = $closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length - 1
                    DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                    DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                }
                # Set Position after closing Tag
                $lastPosition = $closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length
                if ($isUnescapeByTriple) {
                    $lastPosition += $delimiterRightUnEscape.Length
                }
            }
            else {
                # On other Tags than Interpolation the complete Line should be removed if standalone in a line
                # Evaluate Position of previous and next Linebreak from perspective of captured Tag
                if (-not ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($templateNewLine))) {
                    ## Variable previous LineBreak
                    # Pos. of previous Linebreak
                    $posPreviousLineBreak = $Template.LastIndexOf($templateNewLine, $openTagPosition)
                    # Pos of content beginning in current line
                    $posPreviousContentInLineBegin = -1
                    # Content in line before Opening Tag
                    $previousContentInLine = ''

                    ## Variables next linebreak
                    # Pos. of next LineBreak
                    $posNextLineBreak = $Template.IndexOf($templateNewLine, $closeTagPosition)
                    # Pos of content beginning after linebreak
                    $posNextLineBreakContentBegin = -1
                    # Content in line after Closing Tag
                    $nextContentInLine = ''

                    if ($posPreviousLineBreak -eq -1) {
                        # Begin of String, no previous newline
                        $posPreviousContentInLineBegin = 0
                    }
                    else {
                        # Content begin after the previous
                        $posPreviousContentInLineBegin = $posPreviousLineBreak + $templateNewLine.Length
                    }
                    $previousContentInLine = $Template.Substring($posPreviousContentInLineBegin, $openTagPosition - $posPreviousContentInLineBegin)

                    # Pos. of next Linebreak
                    if ($posNextLineBreak -eq -1) {
                        # No upcoming linebreak
                        $nextContentInLine = $Template.Substring($closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length)
                    }
                    else {
                        $posNextLineBreakContentBegin = $posNextLineBreak + $templateNewLine.Length # Content begin after linebreak
                        $nextContentInLine = $Template.Substring($closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length, ($posNextLineBreak - ($closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length))) # Get Content till linebreak, but not including
                    }
                    # Join previous and trailing content in line to check if it constists only out of whitespaces
                    $isWhiteSpaceLine = ($previousContentInLine + $nextContentInLine) -match "^\s*$"
                    if ($isWhiteSpaceLine) {
                        $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                            Parent      = $rootParent
                            Type        = [MustacheTagType]::Text
                            Content     = $Template.Substring($lastPosition, $posPreviousContentInLineBegin - $lastPosition)
                            TagStartPos = $lastPosition
                            TagEndPos   = $posPreviousContentInLineBegin
                            DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                            DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                        }
                        if ($posNextLineBreakContentBegin -eq -1) {
                            # Last line is a whitespace line, set lastPos to end of Template
                            $lastPosition = $Template.Length
                        }
                        else {
                            # Set LastPos to begin of Content after LineBreak
                            $lastPosition = $posNextLineBreakContentBegin
                        }
                    }
                }
                else {
                    $isWhiteSpaceLine = $false  # No Whitespace line, since single line
                    $previousContentInLine = '' # Used for partial tag
                }
                # If whitespace-Line, add the Text of the previous line until the previous LineBreak and set position after newline of current line
                if (-not $isWhiteSpaceLine) {
                    # No whitespace-Line, add content until opening tag and set lastpos after closing Tag
                    if ($openTagPosition - $lastPosition -gt 0) {
                        $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                            Parent      = $rootParent
                            Type        = [MustacheTagType]::Text
                            Content     = $Template.Substring($lastPosition, $openTagPosition - $lastPosition)
                            TagStartPos = $lastPosition
                            TagEndPos   = $openTagPosition
                            DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                            DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                        }
                    }
                    # Set Position after closing Tag
                    $lastPosition = $closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length
                }
                # Add Tag itself
                switch ($tagContentMatch['Operator']) {
                    '!' {
                        # Comment
                        $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                            Parent      = $rootParent
                            Type        = [MustacheTagType]::Comment
                            Content     = $tagContent
                            TagStartPos = $openTagPosition
                            TagEndPos   = $closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length
                            DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                            DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                        }
                        break
                    }
                    '#' {
                        # Section start
                        $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                            Parent      = $rootParent
                            Type        = [MustacheTagType]::SectionStart
                            Content     = $tagContentMatch['TagContent']
                            TagStartPos = $openTagPosition
                            TagEndPos   = $closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length
                            DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                            DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                        }
                        # Set new Parent
                        $rootParent = $rootParent.Childs[$rootParent.Childs.Length - 1]
                        break
                    }
                    '^' {
                        # Inverted start
                        $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                            Parent      = $rootParent
                            Type        = [MustacheTagType]::InvertedStart
                            Content     = $tagContentMatch['TagContent']
                            TagStartPos = $openTagPosition
                            TagEndPos   = $closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length
                            DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                            DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                        }
                        # Set new Parent
                        $rootParent = $rootParent.Childs[$rootParent.Childs.Length - 1]
                        break
                    }
                    '/' {
                        # Section or inverted end
                        $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                            Parent      = $rootParent
                            Type        = [MustacheTagType]::SectionEnd
                            Content     = $tagContentMatch['TagContent']
                            TagStartPos = $openTagPosition
                            TagEndPos   = $closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length
                            DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                            DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                        }
                        # Revert Parent
                        $rootParent = $rootParent.Parent
                        break
                    }
                    '>' {
                        # Partials
                        $newPartial = [MustacheTag]@{
                            Parent      = $rootParent
                            Type        = [MustacheTagType]::Partial
                            Content     = $tagContentMatch['TagContent']
                            TagStartPos = $openTagPosition
                            TagEndPos   = $closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length
                            DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                            DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                        }
                        if ($isWhiteSpaceLine -and $previousContentInLine -match "(\s+)") { 
                            # Check if we have intended before the partial tag
                            $newPartial.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                                Parent  = $newPartial
                                Type    = [MustacheTagType]::Text
                                Content = $previousContentInLine
                            }
                        }
                        $rootParent.Childs += $newPartial
                        break
                    }
                    '=' {
                        # Delimiters
                        if ($tagContentMatch['TagContent'] -match "^(?<delLeft>\S+)\s+(?<delRight>\S+)\s*=$") {
                            $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                                Parent      = $rootParent
                                Type        = [MustacheTagType]::Delimiter
                                Content     = $tagContentMatch['TagContent']
                                TagStartPos = $openTagPosition
                                TagEndPos   = $closeTagPosition + $delimiterRight.Length
                                DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                                DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
                            }
                            $delimiterLeft = $Matches['delLeft']
                            $delimiterRight = $Matches['delRight']

                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        # Add trailing text
        if ($lastPosition -lt $template.Length) {
            $rootParent.Childs += [MustacheTag]@{
                Parent      = $rootParent
                Type        = [MustacheTagType]::Text
                Content     = $Template.Substring($lastPosition)
                TagStartPos = $lastPosition
                TagEndPos   = $template.Length
                DelimiterLeft = $delimiterLeft
                DelimiterRight = $delimiterRight
            }
        }
        return $parseTree
    }
}
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Parses a Mustache-Template, renders it with the given values and returns the result
 
.DESCRIPTION
PSMustache supports all mustache Tags excepts lambas.
Please refer to the official mustache documentation for more examples and details regarding the syntax.
 
Tag Reference in short:
- Interpolations: {{firstname}} is replaced by a value with name 'firstname'
- Sections: {{#persons}}Hi {{firstname}}! {{/persons}} is looped vor every member of the array 'persons'
- Inverteds: {{^persons}}No persons here.{{/persons}} is only rendered when a value with the name 'persons' does not exists or is empty
- Comments: {{! This is a comment }} will be removed
- Partials: {{> mypartial }} is replaced with the content of a partial with the name 'mypartial'
- Delimiters: {{=<% %>=}} set new delimiters which are used beyond that tag.
 
Details of the processing:
- Whitespaces in the tags are mostly ignored so {{ # persons }} and {{#persons}} are equal.
- All Tags except interpolation are completely removed when placed in a standalone line with only whitespaces.
- When partials are intended, the intentation is applied to each linebreak in the partial to preserve the intentation.
- {{.}} Can be used as a shortcut for the current element in a section
- All content is HTML-Encoded, when not excluded by triple Delimiter {{{rawContent}}} or the ampersand {{& rawContent}}
- If the delimiters are changed to a two length variant with identical chars, the Unescape-Delimiter will also be changed
  e.g. {{=[[ ]]=}} changes the delimiters to [[content]] and [[[rawContent]]] for unescaped Content
 
.PARAMETER Template
A Mustache Template as string or a already processed template from Get-MustacheTemplate
 
.PARAMETER Values
All values which shall be used while rendering the template.
Values should be defined as hashtables and can include nested elements e.g.
@{
    'Name' = 'Joe',
    'Repos' = @('Repo1', 'Repo2', 'Repo3')
}
 
.PARAMETER Partials
Partials should be defined as hashtable, e.g. @{'myPartial' = 'Hi {{name}}'}
 
.PARAMETER DelimiterLeft
Custom Start-Delimiter which shall be used for processing
When DelimiterLeft is defined, DelimiterRight is also mandatory!
 
.PARAMETER DelimiterRight
Custom End-Delimiter which shall be used for processing
When DelimiterRight is defined, DelimiterLeft is also mandatory!
 
.EXAMPLE
PS> # Very Basic Interpolation:
PS> ConvertFrom-MustacheTemplate -Template 'Hi {{Name}}!' -Values @{Name='Joe'}
Hi Joe!
.EXAMPLE
PS> # Define Sections Template:
PS> $template = @'
>> My Repos:
>> {{#repos}}
>> * {{.}}
>> {{/repos}}
>> '@
 
PS> # Define Values:
PS> $values = @{Repos = @('PSMustache', 'AnotherRepo', 'Third Repo')}
 
PS> # Invoke with values
PS> ConvertFrom-MustacheTemplate -Template $template -Values $values
My Repos:
 * PSMustache
 * AnotherRepo
 * Third Repo
 
PS> # Invoke without values
PS> ConvertFrom-MustacheTemplate -Template $template
My Repos:
.EXAMPLE
PS> # Define Sections with second inverted Section.
PS> # The inverted section is only evaluated when repos is empty or not found
PS> $template = @'
>> My Repos:
>> {{#repos}}
>> * {{.}}
>> {{/repos}}
>> {{^repos}}
>> - No Repos. :-(
>> {{/repos}}
>> '@
 
# Invoke without values
PS> ConvertFrom-MustacheTemplate -Template $template -
My Repos:
 - No Repos. :-(
#>

function ConvertFrom-MustacheTemplate {
    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Default')]
    [OutputType([string])]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Default')]
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Delimiter')]
        [ValidateNotNull()]
        [ValidateScript({($_ -is [string]) -or ($_ -is [MustacheTag])})]
        $Template,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Default', ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Delimiter', ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        $Values,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = 'Default')]
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, ParameterSetName = 'Delimiter')]
        [array]
        $Partials,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Delimiter')]
        [string]
        $DelimiterLeft,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Delimiter')]
        [string]
        $DelimiterRight
    )
    begin {
        if ($Template -is [MustacheTag]) {
            $parseTree = $Template
        } else {
            if ($PsCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Delimiter') {
                $parseTree = Get-MustacheTemplate -Template $Template -DelimiterLeft $DelimiterLeft -DelimiterRight $DelimiterRight
            } else {
                $parseTree = Get-MustacheTemplate -Template $Template
            }
        }
    }
    process {

        return [PSMustache]::RenderTemplate($parseTree, $Values, $Partials)
    }
}
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Parses a Template and returns the Template Object
 
.DESCRIPTION
Parses a Template to use it multiple times with ConvertFrom-MustacheTemplate.
Most processing time is used to parse the template, to it makes sense when the template is used multiple times.
 
.PARAMETER Template
A Mustache Template as string
 
.PARAMETER DelimiterLeft
Custom Start-Delimiter which shall be used for processing
When DelimiterLeft is defined, DelimiterRight is also mandatory!
 
.PARAMETER DelimiterRight
Custom End-Delimiter which shall be used for processing
When DelimiterRight is defined, DelimiterLeft is also mandatory!
 
.EXAMPLE
$template = Get-MustacheTemplate $myTemplate
$valueCollecton | ConvertFrom-MustacheTemplate -Template $template
 
#>

function Get-MustacheTemplate {
    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Default')]
    [OutputType([MustacheTag])]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Default', ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Delimiter', ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [string]
        $Template,

        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Delimiter')]
        [string]
        $DelimiterLeft,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ParameterSetName = 'Delimiter')]
        [string]
        $DelimiterRight
    )
    process {
        if ($PsCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Delimiter') {
            return [PSMustache]::ParseTemplate($Template, $DelimiterLeft, $DelimiterRight)
        } else {
            return [PSMustache]::ParseTemplate($Template)
        }
    }
}