PSTemplating

The PSTemplating module provides a simple way of generating values based on a schema (template) and variable bindings. Details about the usage can be found inside the Wiki.

Installation

Install-Module PSTemplating

Basic Usage

While this module can be used for basic substitution of variables with concise values, it's real worth lies within the generation of values based on operations and failovers.

Basic Substitution

ConvertFrom-Schema -Schema "{firstName}.{lastName}" -InputObject @{
    "FirstName" = "Max-Test"
    "LastName" = "Mustermann"
}

Max-Test.Mustermann

Basic Operations

ConvertFrom-Schema -Schema "{firstName(lower)(split)}.{lastName(lower)}" -InputObject @{
    "FirstName" = "Max-Test"
    "LastName" = "Mustermann"
}

max.mustermann
test.mustermann

Basic Failover

ConvertFrom-Schema -Schema "{firstName(lower)(split)(?countUp[1,3])}.{lastName(lower)}" -InputObject @{
    "FirstName" = "Max-Test"
    "LastName" = "Mustermann"
}

max.mustermann
test.mustermann
max1.mustermann
max2.mustermann
max3.mustermann
test1.mustermann
test2.mustermann
test3.mustermann

Disjunctive Operation Group

ConvertFrom-Schema -Schema "ext-{firstName(lower)(split)(sel[0]|sel[0,1]|sel[0,2])}.{lastName(lower)}" -InputObject @{
    "FirstName" = "Max-Test"
    "LastName" = "Mustermann"
}

ext-m.mustermann
ext-t.mustermann
ext-ma.mustermann
ext-te.mustermann
ext-mx.mustermann
ext-ts.mustermann

Conjunctive Operation Group

ConvertFrom-Schema -Schema "{lastName(?replace[$, ]&countUp[1,3])}, {firstName}" -InputObject @{
    "FirstName" = "Max-Test"
    "LastName" = "Mustermann"
}

Mustermann, Max-Test
Mustermann 1, Max-Test
Mustermann 2, Max-Test
Mustermann 3, Max-Test

Authors

• Torben Soennecken