New-ClassDefintion

Takes an instance of an object and creates a PowerShell class definition.

Supports

• Overriding the class name
• Scaffolds only property names
• Allows the user to exclude properties
• Placeholder for a constructor
• Letting the user specify a constructor
• Letting the user specify a method
• VSCode aware and inserts the new class automatically into a new file
• Is cross-platform

$UserMethod = @"
    [string] WrittenBy() {
        return "PowerShell Tool Builder"
    }
"@

$params = @{
    InputObject     = (Get-Service)[0]
    UserMethod      = $UserMethod
    ExcludeProperty = 'CanPauseAndContinue','Status'
}

.\New-ClassDefinition.ps1  @params

Creates

class MyServiceController {   
   
    [System.String]$BinaryPathName
    [System.Boolean]$CanShutdown
    [System.Boolean]$CanStop
    [System.ComponentModel.IContainer]$Container
    [System.Boolean]$DelayedAutoStart
    [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[]]$DependentServices
    [System.String]$Description
    [System.String]$DisplayName
    [System.String]$MachineName
    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeHandle]$ServiceHandle
    [System.String]$ServiceName
    [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController[]]$ServicesDependedOn
    [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceType]$ServiceType
    [System.ComponentModel.ISite]$Site
    [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceStartMode]$StartType
    [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ServiceStartupType]$StartupType
    [System.String]$UserName

    MyServiceController() {
        #ctor
    }

    [string] WrittenBy() {
        return "PowerShell Tool Builder"
    }
}

TODO

• Implement IncludeProperty option