Use-Splat.ps1
function Use-Splat { <# .Synopsis Uses a splat .Description Uses a splat to call a command. If passed from Find-Splat,Get-Splat or Test-Splat, the command will be automatically detected. If called as .@, this will run only provided commands If called as *@, this will run any found commands .Link Get-Splat .Link Find-Splat .Link Test-Splat .Example @{id=$pid} | Use-Splat gps # When calling Use-Splat is globally imported .Example @{id=$pid} | & ${.@} gps # When calling Use-Splat is nested .Example @{LogName='System';InstanceId=43,44}, @{LogName='Application';InstanceId=10000,10005} | .@ Get-EventLog # get a bunch of different log events #> param( # One or more commands [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)] [PSObject[]] $Command, # Any additional positional arguments that would be passed to the command [Parameter(Position=1)] [PSObject[]] $ArgumentList = @(), # The splat [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)] [PSObject[]] $Splat, # If set, will run regardless of if parameters map, are valid, and have enough mandatory parameters. [switch] $Force) process { $WeTrustTheSplat = $false if (-not $Command -and $splat -is [Collections.IDictionary] -and $Splat.psobject.Properties['Command']) { $Command = $Splat.psobject.Properties['Command'].Value $WeTrustTheSplat = $true } elseif ($_ -is [PSObject] -and $_.Command -and $_.Splat) { $WeTrustTheSplat = $true $splat = $_.Splat } if (-not $Command) { Write-Error "No command found" ;return } #region UseTheSplat foreach ($cmd in $Command) { if ($WeTrustTheSplat) { if ($cmd -is [Management.Automation.CommandInfo] -or $cmd -is [ScriptBlock] -and $splat -is [Collections.IDictionary]) { & $cmd @splat @ArgumentList } } else { $Splat | & ${?@} $cmd -Force:$Force | & { process { $i = $_ $c = $_.psobject.properties['Command'].Value if ($c -is [Management.Automation.CommandInfo] -or $c -is [ScriptBlock]) { & $c @i @ArgumentList } } } } } #endregion UseTheSplat } } |