function Merge-ConfigurationData { [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="Data")] [System.Collections.Hashtable] $Template, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="Data")] [System.Collections.Hashtable] $Deployment, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="FilePath")] [System.String] $TemplateFilePath, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ParameterSetName="FilePath")] [System.String] $DeploymentFilePath, [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [System.Collections.Hashtable] $Output ) if($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq "FilePath"){ $Template = Import-PowerShellDataFile -Path $TemplateFilePath $Deployment = Import-PowerShellDataFile -Path $DeploymentFilePath } if($Output -eq $null){ $Output = $Deployment } foreach($Property in $Template.GetEnumerator()){ if($Property.Value -is [System.Collections.Hashtable]){ Write-Verbose "Key [$($Property.Name)] is a Hashtable" if($Deployment.$($Property.Name) -ne $null){ Write-Verbose "Key [$($Property.Name)] is present in Deployment Data" $Output.($Property.Name) = Merge-ConfigurationData -Template $Template.$($Property.Name) -Deployment $Deployment.$($Property.Name) -Output $Output.$($Property.Name) }else{ Write-Verbose "Key [$($Property.Name)] is not present in Deployment Data" $Output.Add($($Property.Name),$Template.$($Property.Name)) } }elseif($Property.Value -is [System.Array]){ Write-Verbose "$($Property.Name) is ein Array" Write-Verbose "Total Items in Template Array [$($Property.Value.Count)]" Write-Verbose "Total Items in Deployment Array [$($Deployment.$($Property.Name).Count)]" if($Deployment.$($Property.Name) -ne $null){ Write-Verbose "Array is defined in Deployment" for($i=0;$i -lt $Property.Value.Count; $i++){ $SearchItem = $($Property.Value[$i].GetEnumerator() | Where-Object {($_.Value -is [String]) -and ($_.Name -like "*Name")})[0] if($($Deployment.$($Property.Name) | ? { $_.($SearchItem.Name) -eq $SearchItem.Value })){ Merge-ConfigurationData -Template $Property.Value[$i] -Deployment $($Deployment.$($Property.Name) | ? { $_.($SearchItem.Name) -eq $SearchItem.Value }) -Output $($Output.$($Property.Name) | ? { $_.($SearchItem.Name) -eq $SearchItem.Value }) | Out-Null }else{ Write-Verbose "Pair $($Key.Name) - $($Key.Value) not present" $Output.$($Property.Name) += $Property.Value[$i] } } }else{ Write-Verbose "Array is not defined in Deployment" $Output.$($Property.Name) = $Template.$($Property.Name) } }else{ Write-Verbose "$($Property.Name) is a String or Integer Value" if($Deployment.$($Property.Name) -eq $null){ $Output.Add($Property.Name,$Template.($Property.Name)) }elseif($Deployment.$($Property.Name) -ne $Property.Value){ } } } return $Output }