Commands/CliXml/ConvertFrom-CliXml.ps1
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function ConvertFrom-CliXml { <# .Synopsis Converts CliXml into PowerShell objects .Description Converts CliXml strings or compressed CliXml strings into PowerShell objects .Example dir | ConvertTo-Clixml | ConvertFrom-Clixml .Link ConvertTo-Clixml .Link Import-Clixml .Link Export-Clixml #> [OutputType([string])] param( # The input object. # This is expected to be a CliXML string or XML object [Parameter(Mandatory,Position,ValueFromPipeline)] [ValidateScript({ $validTypeList = [System.String],[System.Xml.XmlDocument] $thisType = $_.GetType() $IsTypeOk = $(@( foreach ($validType in $validTypeList) { if ($_ -as $validType) { $true;break } })) if (-not $isTypeOk) { throw "Unexpected type '$(@($thisType)[0])'. Must be 'string','xml'." } return $true })] [PSObject] $InputObject ) process { $inputAsXml = $InputObject -as [xml] [Management.Automation.PSSerializer]::Deserialize($( if ($inputAsXml) { $inputAsXml.OuterXml } else { $InputObject } )) } } |