internal/functions/Import-PackageList.ps1
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function Import-PackageList { <# .SYNOPSIS Imports the package list .DESCRIPTION Imports all ProgramManager.Package objects from the xml database. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> $list = Import-PackageList This populates the $list with all existing packages. #> # Create list of all PMPackage objects $packageList = [System.Collections.Generic.List[psobject]]@() # Check if the xml database exists if ((Test-Path -Path "$script:DataPath\packageDatabase.xml") -eq $true) { # The xml database exists # Load all existing PMPrograms into a list $xmlData = Import-Clixml -Path "$script:DataPath\packageDatabase.xml" # Iterate through all imported objects foreach ($obj in $xmlData) { # Only operate on PMPackage objects if ($obj.psobject.TypeNames[0] -eq "Deserialized.ProgramManager.Package") { # Create new PMPackage objects $existingPackage = New-Object -TypeName psobject $existingPackage.PSObject.TypeNames.Insert(0, "ProgramManager.Package") # Copy the properties from the Deserialized object into the new one foreach ($property in $obj.psobject.Properties) { # Copy over the deserialised object properties over to new object $existingPackage | Add-Member -Type NoteProperty -Name $property.Name -Value $property.Value } $packageList.Add($existingPackage) } } } # Return the list object; -NoEnumerate is used to avoid powershell converting list to Object[] array Write-Output $packageList -NoEnumerate } |