PowerShell 7.3 - Problem with Exporting Complex Objects to JSON Array
I'm having trouble exporting a collection of custom objects to a JSON file in PowerShell 7.3. I have a series of objects that contain nested properties, and when I use `ConvertTo-Json`, the output isn't structured as I expect. For example, I have the following PowerShell script: ```powershell # Sample data creation $users = @() $users += [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'John Doe' Age = 30 Address = [pscustomobject]@{ Street = '123 Main St' City = 'Anytown' } } $users += [pscustomobject]@{ Name = 'Jane Smith' Age = 25 Address = [pscustomobject]@{ Street = '456 Elm St' City = 'Othertown' } } # Attempting to convert to JSON $jsonOutput = $users | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 3 # Exporting to a file $jsonOutput | Out-File -FilePath 'users.json' -Encoding UTF8 ``` When I check the content of `users.json`, the structure seems to flatten the nested properties like this: ```json [ { "Name": "John Doe", "Age": 30, "Address": "@{Street=123 Main St; City=Anytown}" }, { "Name": "Jane Smith", "Age": 25, "Address": "@{Street=456 Elm St; City=Othertown}" } ] ``` Instead of a properly structured JSON with nested objects, I'm just getting their string representations. I've tried increasing the `-Depth` parameter, but it doesn't seem to help. I also ensured that the objects are not being serialized incorrectly elsewhere in my script. Is there a specific way I should be defining or exporting my custom objects to preserve their structure? Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've been using Powershell for about a year now. What are your experiences with this?