Private/GetType.ps1
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using namespace System.Management.Automation function GetType { <# .SYNOPSIS Get a type info object for any nonpublic or public type. .DESCRIPTION Retrieve type info directly from the assembly if nonpublic or from implicitly casting if public. .INPUTS System.String You can pass type names to this function. .OUTPUTS System.Type Returns a Type object if a match is found. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> 'System.Management.Automation.SessionStateScope' | GetType Returns a Type object for SessionStateScope. #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( # Specifies the type name to search for. [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string] $TypeName ) process { $type = $TypeName -as [type] if (-not $type) { $type = [AppDomain]::CurrentDomain. GetAssemblies(). ForEach{ $PSItem.GetType($TypeName, $false, $true) }. Where({ $PSItem }, 'First')[0] } if (-not $type) { $type = [AppDomain]::CurrentDomain. GetAssemblies(). GetTypes(). Where({ $PSItem.ToString() -match "$TypeName$" }, 'First')[0] } # TODO: Pull using statements from the ast to catch some edge cases. if (-not $type) { ThrowError -Exception ([RuntimeException]::new($Strings.TypeNotFound -f $TypeName)) ` -Id TypeNotFound ` -Category InvalidOperation ` -Target $TypeName return } $type } } |