Describe "ConvertFrom-StringData DRT Unit Tests" -Tags DRT { It "Should able to throw error when convert invalid line" { $str =@" #comments here abc #comments here def=content of def "@ try { ConvertFrom-StringData $str Throw "we expect 'InvalidOperation' exception" } catch { $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId | Should be "InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertFromStringDataCommand" } } } Describe "ConvertFrom-StringData" { $sampleData = @' foo = 0 bar = 1 bazz = 2 '@ It "Should not throw when called with just the stringdata switch" { { ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a=b' } | Should Not Throw } It "Should return a hashtable" { $(ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a=b').GetType().Name | Should Be "Hashtable" } It "Should throw if not in x=y format" { { ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'ab' } | Should Throw { ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a,b' } | Should Throw { ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a b' } | Should Throw { ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a\tb' } | Should Throw { ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a:b' } | Should Throw } It "Should return the data on the left side in the key" { $actualValue = ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a=b' $actualValue.Keys | Should Be "a" } It "Should return the data on the right side in the value" { $actualValue = ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a=b' $actualValue.Values | Should Be "b" } It "Should return a keycollection for the keys" { $(ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a=b').Keys.gettype().Name | Should Be "KeyCollection" } It "Should return a valuecollection for the values" { $(ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData 'a=b').Values.gettype().Name | Should Be "ValueCollection" } It "Should work for multiple lines" { { ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData $sampleData } | Should Not Throw $(ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData $sampleData).Keys | Should Be "foo", "bar", "bazz" $(ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData $sampleData).Values | Should Be "0","1","2" } }