function Normalize-ConfigurationDataSeparator {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [AllowNull()]
        [string]
        $Value,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]
        $Separator
    )

    if($null -eq $Value){
        return ""
    }

    if([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Separator)){
        return $Value
    }

    $EscapedSeparator = [regex]::Escape($Separator)
    $Normalized = [regex]::Replace($Value, "($EscapedSeparator){2,}", $Separator)
    $Normalized = $Normalized.Trim()
    $Normalized = [regex]::Replace($Normalized, "^$EscapedSeparator|$EscapedSeparator$", "")
    return $Normalized
}