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Need help with proper Path and LiteralPath resolution
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using namespace System.Collections.Generic | |
function Convert-ExampleFunction { | |
[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName="Path")] | |
param ( | |
[Parameter( | |
Mandatory, | |
Position = 0, | |
ValueFromPipeline, | |
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName, | |
ParameterSetName = "Path", | |
HelpMessage="Path to one or more locations." | |
)] | |
[SupportsWildcards()] | |
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] | |
[String[]] $Path, | |
[Parameter( | |
Mandatory, | |
Position = 0, | |
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName, | |
ParameterSetName = "LiteralPath", | |
HelpMessage="Literal path to one or more locations." | |
)] | |
[ValidateScript({$_ -notmatch '[\?\*]'}, | |
ErrorMessage = "Wildcard characters *, ? are not acceptable with -LiteralPath")] | |
[Alias('PSPath')] | |
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] | |
[String[]] $LiteralPath | |
) | |
begin { | |
$fileTargets = [List[Object]]::new() | |
} | |
process { | |
# THIS IS WHERE I NEED HELP ################################################# | |
# Do I use `Get-Item` or `Get-ChildItem`? | |
# Resolve either -Path or -LiteralPath | |
$resolved = if ($PSBoundParameters['Path']) { | |
Get-Item -Path $Path -Force | |
} elseif($PSBoundParameters['LiteralPath']) { | |
Get-Item -LiteralPath $LiteralPath -Force | |
} | |
# Perform desired filtering for what gets added to the $fileTargets list. | |
$resolved | % { | |
$item = $_ | |
# Code goes here | |
$fileTargets.Add($item) | |
} | |
} | |
end { | |
# Perform final actions on $fileTargets | |
$svgTargets | % { | |
$curFile = $_ | |
# Do stuff here | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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