Update PowershelTypeCoercions to call to_psobject

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb b/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb
index 580288c3a0..c5c035bb7c 100644
--- a/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb
@@ -39,13 +39,16 @@ class Chef
 
       def translate_type(value)
         translation = type_coercions[value.class]
-        should_quote = true
         translated_value = nil
 
         if translation
           should_quote = translation[:single_quoted]
           translated_value = translation[:type].call(value)
+        elsif value.respond_to? :to_psobject
+          should_quote = false
+          translated_value = "(#{value.to_psobject})"
         else
+          should_quote = true
           translated_value = value.to_s
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb b/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb
index 4cca7e2f1f..a6b944adda 100644
--- a/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb
@@ -47,5 +47,11 @@ describe Chef::Mixin::PowershellTypeCoercions do
       expect(test_class.translate_type({"a" => 1, "b" => 1.2, "c" => false, "d" => true
       })).to eq("@{a=1;b=1.2;c=$false;d=$true}")
     end
+
+    it 'should fall back :to_psobject if we have not defined at explicit rule' do
+      ps_obj = double("PSObject")
+      expect(ps_obj).to receive(:to_psobject).and_return('$true')
+      expect(test_class.translate_type(ps_obj)).to eq('($true)')
+    end
   end
 end