function Get-AppSettingsInventory {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Returns an OrderedDictionary that Represents the App Settings Inventory.
#>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param()

    $logLead  = (Get-LogLeadName);
    $providerStopWatch =  [System.Diagnostics.StopWatch]::StartNew()

    $appSettingsDictionary = New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary
    $appSettingsDetails = New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary

    [array]$configs = (Get-AppSettingsInventoryConfigPaths)

    Write-Verbose "$logLead : Found these config paths for processing [$($configs -join ',')]"

    Write-Verbose "$logLead : [$($providerStopWatch.Elapsed)] : Processing App Configs"

    try {
        foreach ($config in $configs) {
            Write-Verbose "$logLead : Collecting inventory from $($config)"

            # Filter out Choco configs which are not for the parent package
            if ($config.DirectoryName -match "chocolatey") {

                $packageName = ($config.Directory.FullName).Split("\") | Where-Object {$_.ToString().StartsWith("Alkami")} | Select-Object -First 1
                if ($null -ne $packageName -and $config.FullName -notmatch $packageName -and $config.Name -notmatch "machine.config") {

                    Write-Verbose ("$logLead : [$($providerStopWatch.Elapsed)] : {0} does not match package name {1} and will be skipped" -f $config.Name, $packageName)
                    continue;
                }
            }

            if ($config.DirectoryName -match "ORB") {

                # Handle Legacy App Configs Which May Conflict on Name
                $parentKey = ($config.DirectoryName.Split("\") | Select-Object -Last 1)
            }
            else {

                # The machine.config and choco configs should be unique by name
                $parentKey = $config.Name.Replace(".exe.config", "")
            }

            Write-Verbose "$logLead : found `$parentKey to be [$parentKey]"

            $appSettingsDetails[$parentKey] = New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary
            $appSettingsDetails[$parentKey]["FilePath"] = $config.FullName

            [xml]$configXml = Read-XmlFile $config.FullName
            if ($null -eq $configXml) {
                Write-Verbose "$logLead : The Content of the Specified File [$($config.FullName)] is Null, or Could Not be Cast to XML, or could not be found"
                $appSettingsDetails[$parentKey]["ERROR"] = "The Content of the Specified File is Null, or Could Not be Cast to XML, or could not be found"
            } else {
                $appSettings = $configXml.SelectSingleNode("//appSettings")

                if ($null -eq $appSettings -or !$appSettings.HasChildNodes) {
                    Write-Verbose ("$logLead : [$($providerStopWatch.Elapsed)] : No AppSettings Found in {0}" -f $config.Name)
                    continue;
                }


                foreach ($appSetting in ($appSettings.ChildNodes | Where-Object {$_.NodeType -ne "Comment"})) {
                    try {
                        if ($appSetting.key -match "password" -or $appSetting.value -match "password") {
                            if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($appSetting.value)) {
                                $appSetting.Value = "EMPTY"
                            }
                            elseif ($appSetting.value -match "REPLACEME") {
                                $appSetting.Value = "UNSET"
                            }
                            else {
                                $appSetting.Value = "HIDDEN"
                            }
                        }

                        $appSettingsDetails[$parentKey][$appSetting.key] = $appSetting.value
                    } catch {
                        Write-Verbose "could not capture value from [$($appSetting.OuterXml)]"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    catch {
        Write-Verbose $_.Exception.ToString()
        $appSettingsDetails["Error"] = $_.Exception.ToString()
    }

    Write-Verbose "$logLead : [$($providerStopWatch.Elapsed)] : Done Processing App Configs"

    $appSettingsDictionary.Add("AppSettings", $appSettingsDetails)

    Write-Verbose "$logLead : [$($providerStopWatch.Elapsed)] : Provider Complete"
    $providerStopWatch.Stop()

    return $appSettingsDictionary
}