# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: ConvertFrom-CliXml
# description: A pair with ConvertTo-CliXml — this version closes and disposes the string reader handle. Now works in PowerShell 3 and later as well.
# version: 0.1
# type: function
# author: Joel Bennett
# license: CC0
# function: ConvertFrom-CliXml
# x-poshcode-id: 4051
# x-derived-from-id: 4545
# x-archived: 2016-03-20T10:05:58
# x-published: 2016-03-27T14:50:00
#
#
function ConvertFrom-CliXml {
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[String[]]$InputObject
)
begin
{
$OFS = "`n"
[String]$xmlString = ""
}
process
{
$xmlString += $InputObject
}
end
{
$type = [PSObject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.Deserializer')
$ctor = $type.GetConstructor('instance,nonpublic', $null, @([xml.xmlreader]), $null)
$sr = New-Object System.IO.StringReader $xmlString
$xr = New-Object System.Xml.XmlTextReader $sr
$deserializer = $ctor.Invoke($xr)
$method = @($type.GetMethods('nonpublic,instance') | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "Deserialize"})[1]
$done = $type.GetMethod('Done', [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]'nonpublic,instance')
while (!$done.Invoke($deserializer, @()))
{
try {
$method.Invoke($deserializer, "")
} catch {
Write-Warning "Could not deserialize ${string}: $_"
}
}
$xr.Close()
$sr.Dispose()
}
}