functions/Export-PSTypeExtension.ps1
Function Export-PSTypeExtension { [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess, DefaultParameterSetName = "Object")] Param( [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory, HelpMessage = "The type name to export like System.IO.FileInfo", ParameterSetName = "Name" )] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$TypeName, [Parameter( Mandatory, HelpMessage = "The type extension name", ParameterSetName = "Name" )] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string[]]$MemberName, [Parameter( Mandatory, HelpMessage = "The name of the export file. The extension must be .json,.xml or .ps1xml" )] [ValidatePattern("\.(xml|json|ps1xml)$")] [string]$Path, [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "Object", ValueFromPipeline)] [object]$InputObject, [switch]$Passthru ) DynamicParam { #create a dynamic parameter to append to .ps1xml files. if ($Path -match '\.ps1xml$') { #define a parameter attribute object $attributes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute $attributes.HelpMessage = "Append to an existing .ps1xml file" #define a collection for attributes $attributeCollection = New-Object -Type System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute] $attributeCollection.Add($attributes) #define the dynamic param $dynParam1 = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter("Append", [Switch], $attributeCollection) #create array of dynamic parameters $paramDictionary = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary $paramDictionary.Add("Append", $dynParam1) #use the array return $paramDictionary } #if } #dynamic parameter Begin { Write-Verbose "Starting: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" Write-Verbose "Detected parameter set $($pscmdlet.ParameterSetName)" $PathParent = Split-Path -Path $Path if (Test-Path -Path $PathParent) { $validPath = $true } else { Write-Warning "Can't find parent path $pathParent" $validPath = $False } #test if appending if ($append -AND (Test-Path $Path)) { $validPath = $true } elseif ($append) { Write-Warning "Can't find $path for appending." $validPath = $False } #initialize a list of objects $data = [System.Collections.Generic.list[object]]::new() if ($TypeName) { Write-Verbose "Converting $typename to properly cased type name." $TypeName = _convertTypeName $TypeName } } Process { #test if parent path exists If ($validPath) { if ($Inputobject) { Write-Verbose "Processing input type: $($InputObject.TypeName)" Write-Verbose "Converting $($InputObject.typename) to properly cased type name." $TypeName = _convertTypeName $InputObject.TypeName $data.Add($InputObject) } else { Write-Verbose "Processing type: $TypeName" foreach ($member in $membername) { $typemember = Get-PSTypeExtension -TypeName $Typename -Members $Member $data.Add($typemember) } } } #test path parent } End { if ($validPath) { Write-Verbose "Exporting data to $path" if ($Path -match "\.ps1xml$") { if ($PSBoundParameters["Append"]) { $cpath = Convert-Path $path Write-Verbose "Appending to $cpath" [xml]$doc = Get-Content $cPath $members = $doc.types.SelectNodes("Type[Name='$typeName']").Members if ($members) { Write-Verbose "Appending to existing typename entry" } else { Write-Verbose "Creating a new typename entry for $TypeName" $main = $doc.CreateNode("element", "Type", $null) $tName = $doc.CreateElement("Name") $tName.InnerText = $typename [void]($main.AppendChild($tname)) $members = $doc.CreateNode("element", "Members", $null) $IsNewType = $True } foreach ($extension in $data) { Write-Verbose "Exporting $($extension.membername)" $membertype = $doc.createNode("element", $extension.memberType, $null) $membernameEL = $doc.CreateElement("Name") $membernameEL.innertext = $extension.memberName [void]($membertype.AppendChild($membernameEL)) Switch ($extension.Membertype) { "ScriptMethod" { $memberdef = $doc.createelement("Script") } "ScriptProperty" { $memberdef = $doc.createelement("GetScriptBlock") } "AliasProperty" { $memberdef = $doc.createelement("ReferencedMemberName") } "NoteProperty" { $memberdef = $doc.createelement("Value") } Default { Throw "Can't process a type of $($extension.MemberType)" } } #switch membertype $memberdef.InnerText = $extension.value [void]($membertype.AppendChild($memberdef)) [void]($members.AppendChild($membertype)) } #foreach extension if ($IsnewType) { Write-Verbose "Appending new type" [void]($main.AppendChild($members)) [void]($doc.types.AppendChild($main)) } if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($cpath)) { $doc.save($cpath) } #end Whatif } #if append else { Write-Verbose "Saving as new PS1XML" #create a placeholder file so that I can later convert the path [void](New-Item -Path $path -Force) [xml]$Doc = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument #create declaration $dec = $Doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", $null) #append to document [void]($doc.AppendChild($dec)) #create a comment and append it in one line $text = @" This file was created with Export-PSTypeExtenstion from the PSTypeExtensionTools module which you can install from the PowerShell Gallery. Use Update-TypeData to import this file in your PowerShell session. Created $(Get-Date) "@ [void]($doc.AppendChild($doc.CreateComment($text))) #create root Node $root = $doc.CreateNode("element", "Types", $null) $main = $doc.CreateNode("element", "Type", $null) $name = $doc.CreateElement("Name") $name.innerText = $data[0].TypeName [void]($main.AppendChild($name)) $members = $doc.CreateNode("element", "Members", $null) foreach ($extension in $data) { Write-Verbose "Exporting $($extension.membername)" $membertype = $doc.createNode("element", $extension.memberType, $null) $membernameEL = $doc.CreateElement("Name") $membernameEL.innertext = $extension.memberName [void]($membertype.AppendChild($membernameEL)) Switch ($extension.Membertype) { "ScriptMethod" { $memberdef = $doc.createelement("Script") } "ScriptProperty" { $memberdef = $doc.createelement("GetScriptBlock") } "AliasProperty" { $memberdef = $doc.createelement("ReferencedMemberName") } "NoteProperty" { $memberdef = $doc.createelement("Value") } Default { Throw "Can't process a type of $($extension.MemberType)" } } $memberdef.InnerText = $extension.value [void]($membertype.AppendChild($memberdef)) [void]($members.AppendChild($membertype)) } #foreach extension [void]($main.AppendChild($members)) [void]($root.AppendChild($main)) [void]($doc.AppendChild($root)) $out = Convert-Path $path if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($out)) { $doc.save($out) } #end Whatif } #else } #if ps1xml elseif ($path -match "\.xml$") { Write-Verbose "Saving as XML" $data | Export-Clixml -Path $path } else { Write-Verbose "Saving as JSON" $data | ConvertTo-Json | Set-Content -Path $Path } } #if valid path if ($Passthru) { Get-Item -Path $Path } Write-Verbose "Ending: $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } } #end Export-PSTypeExtension |