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Author: Friedrich Weinmann

PSModuleDevelopment/functions/utility/Search-PSMDPropertyValue.ps1

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+function Search-PSMDPropertyValue
+{
+	[CmdletBinding()]
+	param (
+		$Object,
+		
+		$Value,
+		
+		[switch]
+		$Match,
+		
+		[int]
+		$Depth = 3
+	)
+	
+	function Search-Value
+	{
+		[CmdletBinding()]
+		param (
+			$Object,
+			
+			$Value,
+			
+			[bool]
+			$Match,
+			
+			[int]
+			$Depth,
+			
+			[string[]]
+			$Elements
+		)
+		
+		$path = $Elements -join "."
+		Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "Processing $path"
+		
+		foreach ($property in $Object.PSObject.Properties)
+		{
+			if ($path) { $tempPath = $path, $property.Name -join "." }
+			else { $tempPath = $property.Name }
+			if ($Match)
+			{
+				if ($property.Value -match $Value)
+				{
+					[PSCustomObject]@{
+						Parent = $path
+						Path   = $tempPath
+						Value  = $property.Value
+						Type   = $property.Value.GetType()
+						Depth  = $Elements.Count + 1
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if ($Value -eq $property.Value)
+				{
+					[PSCustomObject]@{
+						Parent = $path
+						Path   = $tempPath
+						Value  = $property.Value
+						Type   = $property.Value.GetType()
+						Depth  = $Elements.Count + 1
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if ($Elements.Count -lt $Depth)
+			{
+				$newItems = New-Object System.Object[]($Elements.Count)
+				$Elements.CopyTo($newItems, 0)
+				$newItems += $property.Name
+				Search-Value -Object $property.Value -Value $Value -Match $Match -Depth $Depth -Elements $newItems
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	Search-Value -Object $Object -Value $Value -Match $Match.ToBool() -Depth $Depth -Elements @()
+}