TypeName.psm1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Get a data-type information about a object.
.DESCRIPTION
Get a data-type information about a object.
If the variable is a COM object, this function returns a interface name.
.PARAMETER InputObject
Any object.
.PARAMETER ProgId
ProgID you wants to get a interface name.
.OUTPUTS
System.String
.EXAMPLE
Get-TypeName 1.0
System.Double
.EXAMPLE
Get-TypeName (New-Object -ComObject Scripting.Dictionary)
IDictionary
.EXAMPLE
Get-TypeName -ProgId WbemScripting.SWbemLocator
ISWbemLocator
#>

function Get-TypeName {
    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'InputObject')]
    [OutputType([string])]
    param (
        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'InputObject', Mandatory, Position = 0)][AllowNull()]
        [Object]$InputObject,
        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = 'ProgId', Mandatory)][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [string]$ProgId
    )

    if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'ProgId') {
        $comObject = New-Object -ComObject $ProgId
        if ($comObject) { return Get-TypeName $comObject } else { return }
    }

    if ($null -eq $InputObject) { return 'Null' }
    if ($InputObject -is [__ComObject]) {
        Write-Verbose 'Type: ComObject'
        if ($PSVersionTable['PSVersion'] -ge '6.0') {
            $pstypename = $InputObject.pstypenames[0]
            $interfaceKey = "Registry::HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\$(($pstypename -split '#')[1])"
            if (Test-Path $interfaceKey) {
                return (Get-Item $interfaceKey).GetValue('')
            } else {
                return $pstypename
            }
        } else {
            Add-Type -AssemblyName Microsoft.VisualBasic
            return [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Information]::TypeName($InputObject)
        }
    }
    if ($InputObject -is [ciminstance]) {
        Write-Verbose 'Type: CimInstance'
        return $InputObject.CimClass.ToString()
    }
    if ($InputObject -is [wmi]) {
        Write-Verbose 'Type: WmiObject'
        $classPath = $InputObject.ClassPath
        return "$($classPath.NamespacePath):$($classPath.ClassName)"
    }
    if ($InputObject.GetType().FullName -eq 'System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject') {
        $pstypename = $InputObject.pstypenames[0]
        if ($pstypename -ne 'System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject') {
            Write-Verbose 'Type: PSCustomObject'
            return $pstypename
        }
    }

    Write-Verbose 'Type: .NetObject'
    return $InputObject.GetType().ToString()
}