Question

I want to interop PowerShell with Java. That is, I want to call a PowerShell script from Java and receive back objects.

I can launch the PowerShell in a separate process and capture the output as demonstrated in Invoke Powershell scripts from Java.

To transfer objects from one process to another, I want to serialize them in a Json format.

Is there a PowerShell command to turn an object into a JSON formatted string, or do I need to reach for a .NET object to do this as shown in JSON Serialization/Deserialization in PowerShell?

Will the Microsoft JSON interop with Java JSON packages?

Is there a better solution than JSON? E.g. XML serialization?

Answer 1

there is the convertTo-json cmdlet in PS V3 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849922.aspx