There are different ways to convert XML data to standard property output when displaying PowerShell properties. One approach is to use the Select-Object
cmdlet to select the desired properties from the XML data and convert them to a PowerShell object. For example:
$xml = [xml] "<Root><Item><Name>John</Name><Age>30</Age></Item><Item><Name>Jane</Name><Age>25</Age></Item></Root>"
$items = $xml.SelectNodes("//Item")
$props = $items | Select-Object @{n="Name";e={$_.Name}}, @{n="Age";e={$_.Age}}
$props
In this example, we first define an XML string and convert it to an XML object using the [xml]
type accelerator. We then select the Item
nodes from the XML using an XPath query, and pipe them to Select-Object
with calculated properties that convert the Name
and Age
XML elements to PowerShell properties. The resulting output is a PowerShell object with the Name
and Age
properties:
Name Age
---- ---
John 30
Jane 25
Another approach is to use a module such as ConvertTo-Property
that can convert XML data to PowerShell objects with defined properties. This can be useful for more complex XML structures or for cases where the properties need to be transformed or renamed. For example:
Install-Module ConvertTo-Property -Scope CurrentUser -Force
$xml = [xml] "<Settings><Database><Server>localhost</Server><DatabaseName>Northwind</DatabaseName></Database></Settings>"
$props = $xml | ConvertTo-Property -PropertyMap @{Server="SqlServer";DatabaseName="Database"}
$props
In this example, we define an XML string with nested elements and use ConvertTo-Property
with a property map that renames the Server
and DatabaseName
elements to SqlServer
and Database
, respectively. The resulting object has the renamed properties:
SqlServer Database
--------- --------
localhost Northwind
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Asked: 2022-01-15 11:00:00 +0000
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Last updated: Mar 12 '22
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