I am creating a new object in PowerShell, using a hash table to set property values. I want to then export the object into XML format using the ConvertTo-XML method.
$hash = @{
Processor = 'Intel'
Disk = '500GB'
Server = 'ABC'
Serial = '01234'
}
$specs = New-Object PSObject -Property $hash
Write-Output ($specs | ConvertTo-XML -notypeinformation).Save("C:\scripts\export.xml")
The XML output is as follows:
<Objects>
<Object>
<Property Name="Serial">a1b2c3</Property>
<Property Name="Server">ABC</Property>
<Property Name="Processor">Intel</Property>
<Property Name="Disk">500GB</Property>
</Object>
</Objects>
What I want, is for the XML tags to be formatted in the following way:
<Objects>
<Object>
<Serial>a1b2c3</Serial>
<Server>ABC</Server>
<Processor>Intel</Processor>
<Disk>500GB</Disk>
</Object>
</Objects>
And then, if there is a good solution for that, is there also a way to make the Object(s) tags custom as well?
Thank you.
I don't think you can get there with ConvertTo-Xml
. However, you can use here strings
to do this. It is kind of low tech but still pretty cool:
$hash = @{
Processor = 'Intel'
Disk = '500GB'
Server = 'ABC'
Serial = '01234'
}
@"
<Objects>
<Object>$(foreach ($kvpair in $hash.GetEnumerator()) {
"`n <$($kvpair.Key)>$($kvpair.Value)</$($kvpair.Key)>"
})
</Object>
</Objects>
"@ > C:\scripts\export.xml
You could use the XML DOM
to create this document but that would be more work and for such a simple document I think the here string
approach works pretty well. It is also good for any sort of text templating.