Write-XmlMetadata #
SYNOPSIS #
Writes a EULANDA metablock via XmlWriter
SYNTAX #
Write-XmlMetadata [[-writer] <Object>] [[-strCase] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION #
The function writes a EULANDA specific meta data block into a xml writer object. This function is called implicitly by Convert-DataToXml among others.
EXAMPLES #
Example 1:Writes metadata using the xml writer object #
$encoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
$settings = New-Object System.Xml.XmlWriterSettings
$settings.Indent = $true
$settings.IndentChars = " "
$settings.Encoding = $encoding
$stream = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream
$writer = [System.XML.XmlWriter]::Create($stream, $settings)
# Start with the root node
$writer.WriteStartDocument()
$writer.WriteStartElement('EULANDA')
$writer = Write-XmlMetadata -writer $writer -strCase 'upper'
...
<EULANDA>
<METADATA>
<VERSION>1.22</VERSION>/VERSION>
<GENERATOR>EulandaConnect</GENERATOR>
<DATEFORMAT>ISO8601</DATEFORMAT>
<FLOATFORMAT>US</FLOATFORMAT>
<COUNTRYFORMAT>ISO2</COUNTRYFORMAT>
<FIELDNAMES>NATIVE</FIELDNAMES>
<DATE>2023-02-16T13:05:12</DATE>
<PCNAME>PC4ALL</PCNAME>
<USERNAME>DOE</USERNAME>
</METADATA>
</EULANDA>
The metadata is written in conjunction with the xml writer object.
PARAMETERS #
-strCase #
By setting the parameter strCase you can influence the output. If the parameter is omitted or set to none, no further conversion is performed. With lower the output is converted to lowercase, with upper to uppercase and with capitalize the first letter of a word is output in uppercase.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-writer #
An instance of the object System.XML.XmlWriter
Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
CommonParameters #
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.