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PowerShell Generating dynamic parameters and parameter sets to wrap around a Class for easy instantiation such as new-Type -ctorArg1 $val -property $val2
#region Get-TypeDynamicParam
function Get-DynamicParamFromTypeName {
Param(
[string]
$TypeName
)
function New-ParamAttribute {
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeLine=$false,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, position=0)]
[string]
$ParameterSetName,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeLine=$false,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, position=1)]
[int]
$paramPosition,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeLine=$false,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, position=2)]
[switch]
$DontShow,
[bool]
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeLine=$false,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, position=3)]
$mandatory = $true
)
$newAttribute = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
$newAttribute.Mandatory = $mandatory
if($DontShow) {$newAttribute.DontShow = $false}
$newAttribute.Position = $paramPosition #This is new attribute, so always 1 (first parameter defining type - non dynamic)
$newAttribute.ParameterSetName = $ParameterSetName
return $newAttribute
}
$paramRuntimeCollection = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary
$type = $TypeName -as [type]
foreach($constructorDefinition in $type.GetConstructors().Where({($_.GetParameters().ParameterType.name -join '') -notmatch '\*'})) {
$paramListForParamSet = @()
$ParamsInCtor = $constructorDefinition.GetParameters()
$constructorIndex = $ParamsInCtor.Name -join '.'
foreach ($ParamDefinition in $ParamsInCtor) {
$paramPosition = 1
if ($paramRuntimeCollection.keys -notcontains $ParamDefinition.Name) {
$newRuntimeDefinedParameter = New-Object System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter
$newRuntimeDefinedParameter.Name = $ParamDefinition.Name
$newRuntimeDefinedParameter.ParameterType = $ParamDefinition.ParameterType
$newRuntimeDefinedParameter.Attributes.Add((New-ParamAttribute -ParameterSetName "ctor_$constructorIndex" -paramPosition $paramPosition))
if ($ParamDefinition.HasDefaultValue) {
$newRuntimeDefinedParameter.Value = $ParamDefinition.DefaultValue
}
$paramRuntimeCollection.Add($newRuntimeDefinedParameter.Name,$newRuntimeDefinedParameter)
}
else {
"$($ParamDefinition.Name) already present in Attribute collection" | Write-Debug
"Adding Attribute definition for ParameterSet $($constructorIndex) for Parameter $($ParamDefinition.Name)" | Write-Debug
$paramRuntimeCollection[$ParamDefinition.Name].Attributes.Add((New-ParamAttribute -ParameterSetName "ctor_$constructorIndex" -paramPosition $paramPosition))
}
$paramListForParamSet+= $ParamDefinition.Name
}
$paramPosition++
}
$writeableProperties = $type.GetProperties().Where({$_.CanWrite -and $_.Name -notin $paramRuntimeCollection.keys})
foreach($propertyArgument in $writeableProperties){
$newRuntimeDefinedParameter = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter
$newRuntimeDefinedParameter.Name = $propertyArgument.Name
$newRuntimeDefinedParameter.ParameterType = $propertyArgument.PropertyType
$newRuntimeDefinedParameter.Attributes.Add((New-ParamAttribute -ParameterSetName '__AllParameterSets' -paramPosition -2147483648 -mandatory $false))
$paramRuntimeCollection.Add($newRuntimeDefinedParameter.Name,$newRuntimeDefinedParameter)
}
return $paramRuntimeCollection
}
#endregion
#region New-ObjectInstanceFromTypeNameAndBoundParams
function New-ObjectInstanceFromTypeNameAndBoundParams {
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
#[validateScript({if($_ -as [type]){$true}else{$false}})]
[string]
$TypeName,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[string[]]
$StaticArgumentName,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[string]
$ParameterSetName,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
[validateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[hashtable]
$BoundParameters
)
Process {
$ConstructorParameterNames = @()
if($ParameterSetName -match '^ctor_') {
$ConstructorParameterNames = $ParameterSetName -replace '^ctor_' -split '\.'
$parameters = @()
$ConstructorParameterNames.ForEach({$parameters+=$BoundParameters[$_];$BoundParameters.Remove($_)})
$instanceOfObject = New-Object -TypeName $typeName -ArgumentList $parameters
} else {
$instanceOfObject = New-Object -TypeName $typeName
}
$setProperties = $BoundParameters.Keys.Where({$_ -notin $StaticArgumentName -and $_ -notin [System.Management.Automation.PSCmdlet]::CommonParameters -and $_ -notin [System.Management.Automation.PSCmdlet]::OptionalCommonParameters})
foreach ($ParamPropKey in $setProperties) {
$instanceOfObject.($ParamPropKey) = $BoundParameters.($ParamPropKey)
}
$instanceOfObject
}
}
#endregion
function New-DateTime {
[cmdletBinding()]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeLine=$false,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, position=0)]
[ValidateSet('datetime','System.datetime')]
[type]
$typename = 'datetime'
)
DynamicParam {
if ($PSBoundParameters.Keys -notcontains 'typename')
{
$typename = 'datetime'
}
$type = ($typename -as [Type])
Get-DynamicParamFromTypeName -TypeName $type.ToString()
}
Process {
New-ObjectInstanceFromTypeNameAndBoundParams -TypeName $type.ToString() -StaticArgumentName 'TypeName' -ParameterSetName $PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters
}
}
#when the above is loaded, try to type New-Datetime - and see the magic happening!
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