Private/Add-XmlChildElement.ps1
using namespace System.Xml function Add-XmlChildElement { [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType($null, [XmlNode])] param ( [Parameter( Mandatory = $true, Position = 0 )] [XmlNode] $Parent, [Parameter( Mandatory = $true, Position = 1 )] [string] $Name, [Parameter( Position = 2 )] [string] $InnerText, [string] $NamespaceUri, [switch] $PassThru ) if (!$NamespaceUri) { $NamespaceUri = $Parent.NamespaceURI } if ($Parent -is [XmlDocument]) { $document = $Parent } else { $document = $Parent.OwnerDocument } $child = $document.CreateElement($Name, $NamespaceUri) if ($InnerText) { $child.InnerText = $InnerText } $Parent.AppendChild($child) | Out-Null if ($PassThru) { $child } } |