helpers/Convert-SPClientMemberAccessExpression.ps1

#Requires -Version 3.0

# Convert-SPClientMemberAccessExpression.ps1
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function Convert-SPClientMemberAccessExpression {

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $true)]
        [String]
        $InputString,
        [Parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]
        $Expression
    )

    process {
        $expr = $Expression
        $type = $Expression.Type
        $buffer = ''
        for ($index = 0; $index -lt $InputString.Length; $index += 1) {
            if ($InputString[$index] -eq '.') {
                $prop = $type.GetProperty($buffer.Trim())
                if ($prop -eq $null) {
                    throw '"' + $type + '" doesn''t contain "' + $buffer.Trim() + '".'
                }
                $expr = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::Property($expr, $prop)
                $type = $prop.PropertyType
                $buffer = ''
                continue
            }
            $buffer += $InputString[$index]
        }
        if (Test-GenericSubclassOf -InputType $type -TestType 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientObjectCollection`1') {
            $expr = Convert-SPClientIncludeExpression -InputString $buffer -Expression $expr
        } else {
            $prop = $type.GetProperty($buffer.Trim())
            if ($prop -eq $null) {
                throw '"' + $type + '" doesn''t contain "' + $buffer.Trim() + '".'
            }
            $expr = [System.Linq.Expressions.Expression]::Property($expr, $prop)
        }
        Write-Output $expr
    }

}