Added type coercsion for array

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb b/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb
index c5c035bb7c..1f216176c1 100644
--- a/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/mixin/powershell_type_coercions.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class Chef
           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 },
-          Hash => {:type => Proc.new { |x| translate_hash(x)}, :single_quoted => false}
+          Hash => {:type => Proc.new { |x| translate_hash(x)}, :single_quoted => false},
+          Array => {:type => Proc.new { |x| translate_array(x)}, :single_quoted => false}
         }
       end
 
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ class Chef
         "@{#{translated.join(';')}}"
       end
 
+      def translate_array(x)
+        translated = x.map do |v|
+          translate_type(v)
+        end
+        "@(#{translated.join(',')})"
+      end
+
       def translate_type(value)
         translation = type_coercions[value.class]
         translated_value = nil
diff --git a/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb b/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb
index a6b944adda..0019c9b74e 100644
--- a/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/mixin/powershell_type_coercions_spec.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ describe Chef::Mixin::PowershellTypeCoercions do
       })).to eq("@{a=1;b=1.2;c=$false;d=$true}")
     end
 
+    it 'should translat all members of an array and them by a ,' do
+      expect(test_class.translate_type([true, false])).to eq('@($true,$false)')
+    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')