Private/Get-AtwsDefinition.ps1

Function Get-AtwsDefinition
{
  Begin
  { 
    $EntityName = '#EntityName'
    
    # Enable modern -Debug behavior
    If ($PSCmdlet.MyInvocation.BoundParameters['Debug'].IsPresent) {$DebugPreference = 'Continue'}
    
    Write-Debug ('{0}: Begin of function' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
    
  }


  Process
  {
    If ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Get_all')
    { 
      $Filter = @('id', '-ge', 0)
    }
    ElseIf (-not ($Filter)) {
    
      Write-Debug ('{0}: Query based on parameters, parsing' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
      
      # Convert named parameters to a filter definition that can be parsed to QueryXML
      $Filter = ConvertTo-AtwsFilter -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters -EntityName $EntityName
    }
    Else {
      
      Write-Debug ('{0}: Query based on manual filter, parsing' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
              
      $Filter = . Update-AtwsFilter -FilterString $Filter
    } 

    $Caption = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
    $VerboseDescrition = '{0}: About to query the Autotask Web API for {1}(s).' -F $Caption, $EntityName
    $VerboseWarning = '{0}: About to query the Autotask Web API for {1}(s). Do you want to continue?' -F $Caption, $EntityName
    
    If ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($VerboseDescrition, $VerboseWarning, $Caption)) { 
    
      # Make the query and pass the optional parameters to Get-AtwsData
      $Result = Get-AtwsData -Entity $EntityName -Filter $Filter `
        -NoPickListLabel:$NoPickListLabel.IsPresent `
        -GetReferenceEntityById $GetReferenceEntityById `
        -GetExternalEntityByThisEntityId $GetExternalEntityByThisEntityId
    
      Write-Verbose ('{0}: Number of entities returned by base query: {1}' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name, $Result.Count)

    }
  }

  End
  {
    Write-Debug ('{0}: End of function' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
    If ($Result)
    {
      Return $Result
    }
  }

}