ConvertTo-PropertySet.ps1
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function ConvertTo-PropertySet { <# .Synopsis Converts Select-Object results to a property set .Description Converts Select-Object results to a named property set Named property sets can be requested from a property .Example Get-ChildItem | Select-Object Name, LastWriteTime, LastModifiedTime, CreationTime | ConvertTo-TypePropertySet -Name FileTimes | Out-TypeData | Add-TypeData Get-ChildItem | Select-Object filetimes .Link Out-TypeData .Link Add-TypeData #> [OutputType([string])] param( # The output from Select-Object [ValidateScript({ if ($_.pstypenames[0] -notlike "Selected.*") { throw "Must pipe in the result of a select-object" } return $true })] [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,Mandatory=$true)] $SelectedObject, # The name of the selection set to create [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)] $Name ) begin { $list = New-Object Collections.ArrayList } process { $null = $list.Add($SelectedObject) } end { $groupedByType = $list | Group-Object { $_.pstypenames[0] } -AsHashTable foreach ($kv in $groupedByType.GetEnumerator()) { $shortTypeName = $kv.Key.Substring("Selected.".Length) $values = $kv.Value | Get-Member -MemberType Properties | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name Write-TypeView -TypeName $shortTypeName -PropertySet @{ $Name = $values } } } } |