Is is possible to create an object like so
$Data = new-object PSObject
$Data | Add-member NoteProperty -Name "SiteName" -Value "Web Title"
$Data | Add-member NoteProperty -Name "SiteURL" -Value "https://www.test.url"
And then somehow call a function like
Do-CustomFunction $Data
Which would unpack the object and use its attributes as named parameters, to emulate the behavior of:
Do-CustomFunction -SiteName "Web Title" -SiteURL "https://www.test.url"
You are looking for about_splatting: link
Example:
function mytest{
param($path1,$path2)
write-host $path1 $path2
}
$commands = @{
path1 = "C:\temp\test.txt"
path2 = "C:\temp\test2.txt"
}
mytest @commands
Notice referencing the hashtable with an @ when calling the function.
As commented, you could use ParameterSets to combine the option of either sending separate strings or an object containing the values:
function Do-CustomFunction {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = 'ByParams')]
[string]$SiteName,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 1, ParameterSetName = 'ByParams')]
[string]$SiteUrl,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = 'ByObject')]
[object]$SiteObject
)
if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'ByObject') {
$SiteName = $SiteObject.siteName
$SiteUrl = $SiteObject.siteUrl
}
Write-Host "SiteName: $SiteName SiteUrl: $SiteUrl"
}
Using
Do-CustomFunction -SiteName 'SiteName' -SiteUrl 'SiteURL'
or
$Data = new-object PSObject
$Data | Add-member NoteProperty -Name "SiteName" -Value "Web Title"
$Data | Add-member NoteProperty -Name "SiteURL" -Value "https://www.test.url"
Do-CustomFunction -SiteObject $Data
will both do nicely.
If you want to use SiteName as $SiteName , you can do this with Set-Variable.
However, if you put this in function block, it does not set the variable properly for future use in the script execution. After a lot of attempts, this is the best result i've reached, hope this is what you looking for.
$Data = new-object PSObject
$Data | Add-member NoteProperty -Name "SiteName" -Value "Web Title"
$Data | Add-member NoteProperty -Name "SiteURL" -Value "httpss://www.test.url"
foreach ($att in $Data.psobject.Properties)
{
Set-Variable -Name $att.Name -Value $att.Value
}
#CONSOLE:
$SiteName
#OUTPUT: Web Title
$SiteURL
#OUTPUT: https://www.test.url
Param( [string]$SiteName, [string]$SiteUrl)or one object parameterParam( [object]$SiteObject)and inside the function work with the properties of that object:$SiteObject.SiteNameand$SiteObject.SiteUrl. Using ParameterSets allows you to also have a combination of that. Also, you could consider using Splatting but you'll need to use a Hashtable for that.