MSIXForcelets

1.0.0

Private/ConvertFrom-Xml.ps1


# From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42636510/convert-multiple-xmls-to-json-list
# Use
# [xml]$var = Get-Content file.xml
# Convert to JSON with
# $var | ConvertFrom-XML | ConvertTo-JSON -Depth 3

# Helper function that converts a *simple* XML document to a nested hashtable
# with ordered keys.
function ConvertFrom-Xml {
    param([parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [System.Xml.XmlNode] $node)
    process {
        if ($node.DocumentElement) { $node = $node.DocumentElement }
        $oht = [ordered] @{}
        $name = $node.Name
        if ($node.FirstChild -is [system.xml.xmltext]) {
            $oht.$name = $node.FirstChild.InnerText
        }
        else { 
            $oht.$name = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList 
            foreach ($child in $node.ChildNodes) {
                $null = $oht.$name.Add((ConvertFrom-Xml $child))
            }
        }
        $oht
    }
}