Functions/Copy-Object.ps1
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function Copy-Object { <# .SYNOPSIS To copy an object to standard output .DESCRIPTION To copy an object to standard output. Any complex data structure (beyond int, datetime, double, etc) that is assigned to another variable that second variable is actually a pointer to the dataset already in memory. What this allows you to do is to get a true copy where you can manipulate the second variable without affecting the contents of the first variable .PARAMETER InputObject The object that you want copied. .EXAMPLE # Example of what is WRONG with assigning a variable object to another variable $A = New-Object -TypeName 'psobject' -Property ([ordered] @{ Name = 'server' ; Value = 12 }) $B = $A $B.Value = 3 $A Name Value ---- ----- server 3 # Which is probably not what you want to do. .EXAMPLE $A = New-Object -TypeName 'psobject' -Property ([ordered] @{ Name = 'server' ; Value = 12 }) $B = Copy-Object -InputObject $A $B.Value = 3 $A Name Value ---- ----- server 12 #> #region Parameter [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact='None')] [OutputType('psobject')] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline)] [psobject[]] $InputObject ) #endregion Parameter begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" $result = @() } process { foreach ($curObject in $InputObject) { if ($curObject.gettype().name -eq 'HashTable') { $result += $curObject.Clone() } else { $tempObject = New-Object -TypeName PsObject $curObject.psobject.properties | ForEach-Object { $tempObject | Add-Member -MemberType $_.MemberType -Name $_.Name -Value $_.Value } $result += $tempObject } } } end { Write-Output -InputObject $result Write-Verbose -Message "Ending $($MyInvocation.Mycommand)" } } |