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 $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name) } process { # Parameterset Get_All has a single parameter: -All # Set the Filter manually to get every single object of this type if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Get_all') { $Filter = @('id', '-ge', 0) } # So it is not -All. If Filter does not exist it has to be By_parameters elseif (-not ($Filter)) { Write-Debug ('{0}: Query based on parameters, parsing' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name) # Convert named parameters to a filter definition that can be parsed to QueryXML [string[]]$Filter = ConvertTo-AtwsFilter -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters -EntityName $entityName } # Not parameters, nor Get_all. There are only three parameter sets, so now we know # that we were passed a Filter else { Write-Debug ('{0}: Query based on manual filter, parsing' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name) # Parse the filter string and expand variables in _this_ scope (dot-sourcing) # or the variables will not be available and expansion will fail $Filter = . Update-AtwsFilter -Filterstring $Filter } # Prepare shouldProcess comments $caption = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name $verboseDescription = '{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, $entityName # Lets do it and say we didn't! if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($verboseDescription, $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 } } } |