ConvertTo-StringData - Converting a complex object into StringData

ConvertTo-StringData.ps1

Function ConvertTo-StringData($object, $propertyOverride){
    $fields = $object | get-member -MemberType NoteProperty
    foreach($field in $fields){
        if (IsArray($field)){
             OutputArrayMember -object $object -field $field
             
        }
        else{
            OutputMember -object $object -propertyName $field.name -propertyOverride $propertyOverride
        }
    }
}

Function IsArray($object){
    $object.Definition -match '.*\[\].*'
}
Function OutputMember($object,$propertyName, $propertyOverride){
    if ($propertyOverride){
        "$($propertyOverride).$($propertyName)=$($object.$($propertyName))"
    }
    else{
       "$($propertyName)=$($object.$($propertyName))"
    }
     
}

Function OutputArrayMember($object, $field){
    $global:testObject = $object
    $global:testfield = $field
    $base = $field.Name
    $i = 0 
    foreach ($item in $object.$($field.Name)){
        ConvertTo-StringData -object $object.$($field.Name)[$i] -propertyOverride "$base[$i]"
        $i++
    }
}


Function Drill ($object, $parentPath){
    if ($null -ne $parentPath){
        $parentPath = $parentPath+$function:parentPath
        $parentPath = $parentPath.TrimStart('.')

    }
    $parentPath
    #select next leaf
    if (hasChildren $object){
        "drilling down into $object"
        $props = GetNoteProperties $object
        $var = getObjectByProperty $object $props
        drill $var -parentPath "$($parentPath).$($props.Name)"
    }
    else{
        ConvertTo-StringData -object $object -propertyOverride $parentPath
        $global:test = $object
    }
}

Function hasChildren($object){
    [bool](($object | gm -MemberType NoteProperty).Definition -match 'System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject')
}

function GetNoteProperties($object){
    get-member -InputObject $object -MemberType NoteProperty
}

function getObjectByProperty($object, $propertyName){
    $object.$($propertyName.Name)
}

example.ps1

$json ='{
  "name": "John",
  "age": 30,
  "married": true,
  "cars": [
    {"model": "BMW 230", "mpg": 27.5},
    {"model": "Ford Edge", "mpg": 24.1}
  ]}
'

$object = $json | ConvertFrom-Json

$object | ConvertTo-StringData

#result
age=30
cars[0].model=BMW 230
cars[0].mpg=27.5
cars[1].model=Ford Edge
cars[1].mpg=24.1
married=True
name=John

#complex json

$json2 = '
{ "Logging": { "LogLevel": { "Default": "None", "Microsoft": "Warning", "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "None", "System.Net.Http.HttpClient.SDSEmployeeMaster.ClientHandler[100]": "None" } } } 
'

$object2 = $json2 | convertfrom-json 

drill $object2

Logging.LogLevel
Logging.LogLevel.Default=None
Logging.LogLevel.Microsoft=Warning
Logging.LogLevel.Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime=None
Logging.LogLevel.System.Net.Http.HttpClient.SDSEmployeeMaster.ClientHandler[100]=None

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