Add type coercion for hash

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb b/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb
index 14d4a66ee4..580288c3a0 100644
--- a/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb
@@ -25,10 +25,18 @@ class Chef
           Fixnum => { :type => lambda { |x| x.to_s }, :single_quoted => false },
           Float => { :type => lambda { |x| x.to_s }, :single_quoted => false },
           FalseClass => { :type => lambda { |x| '$false' }, :single_quoted => false },
-          TrueClass => { :type => lambda { |x| '$true' }, :single_quoted => false }
+          TrueClass => { :type => lambda { |x| '$true' }, :single_quoted => false },
+          Hash => {:type => Proc.new { |x| translate_hash(x)}, :single_quoted => false}
         }
       end
 
+      def translate_hash(x)
+        translated = x.inject([]) do |memo, (k,v)|
+          memo << "#{k}=#{translate_type(v)}"
+        end
+        "@{#{translated.join(';')}}"
+      end
+
       def translate_type(value)
         translation = type_coercions[value.class]
         should_quote = true
diff --git a/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb b/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb
index beb605628d..4cca7e2f1f 100644
--- a/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb
@@ -42,5 +42,10 @@ describe Chef::Mixin::PowershellTypeCoercions do
     it 'should return $true when an instance of TrueClass is provided' do
       expect(test_class.translate_type(true)).to eq('$true')
     end
+
+    it 'should translate all members of a hash and wrap them in @{} separated by ;' 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
   end
 end