Expand-HtmlTemplate

SYNOPSIS

Simple template expansion based on a content substitution dictionary.

SYNTAX

Expand-HtmlTemplate [-InputObject] <String> [-ContentMap] <Hashtable> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Locates placeholders in the input string abd replaced them with values found for the placeholders in the given dictionary. The placeholder expansion is non-recursive.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Expand-HtmlTemplate -InputObject $template -ContentMap $map

Expand the HTML template `$template` mappings provided with `$map`.

With:

$template = '\<span class="navitem{{level}}"\>{{navtext}}\</span\>'
$map = @{
    '{{level}}'   = 1
    '{{navtext}}' = 'foo'
}

this HTML fragment is generated:

\<span class="navitem1"\>foo\</span\>

PARAMETERS

-InputObject

An string representing an Html fragment.

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: Template

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ContentMap

A dictionary whose keys define placeholders and whose values define the replacements.

Type: System.Collections.Hashtable
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
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.

INPUTS

HTML template with placeholders.

OUTPUTS

HTML fragment with all paceholders replaced by the content specified

by the `ContentMap`.

NOTES

https://wethat.github.io/MarkdownToHtml/2.5.0/Expand-HtmlTemplate.html