Commands/New-Error.ps1

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function New-Error {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Creates an ErrorRecord object.
 
    .DESCRIPTION
        Inspired by this StackOverflow answer:
        https://stackoverflow.com/a/39949027/142138
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        # An error message or exception.
        [Parameter(Mandatory, Position=0)]
        [object] $Error,

        # A developer-defined identifier for the error.
        [Parameter()]
        [string] $Id,

        # The category to which the error belongs.
        [Parameter()]
        [System.Management.Automation.ErrorCategory] $Category = 'NotSpecified',

        # The object being processed when the error occurred.
        [Parameter()]
        [object] $TargetObject,

        # The name of the object being processed when the error occurred.
        [Parameter()]
        [string] $TargetName,

        # The type of the object being processed when the error occurred.
        [Parameter()]
        [string] $TargetType,

        # The name of the activity that caused the error
        [Parameter()]
        [string] $Activity,

        # The reason why the error occurred.
        [Parameter()]
        [string] $Reason
    )

    # Output will look like this:
    # {Error}
    # + CategoryInfo : {Category}: ({TargetName}:{TargetType}) [{Activity}], {Reason}
    # + FullyQualifiedErrorId : {Id}

    $Record = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord $Error, $Id, $Category, $TargetObject
    $Record.CategoryInfo.TargetName = $TargetName
    $Record.CategoryInfo.TargetType = $TargetType
    $Record.CategoryInfo.Activity   = $Activity
    $Record.CategoryInfo.Reason     = $Reason
    $Record
}