# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Get-FormatData
# description: A wrapper around Get-FormatData that allows you to pipe types or objects into it. e.g.
# version: 0.1
# type: function
# author: Public Domain
# license: CC0
# function: Get-FormatData
# x-poshcode-id: 6196
# x-archived: 2016-05-19T09:21:24
# x-published: 2016-01-30T21:53:00
#
# Get-Service | Get-FormatData
# [System.Management.Automation.AliasInfo] | Get-FormatData
#
function Get-FormatData {
[CmdletBinding(HelpUri='http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=144303', DefaultParameterSetName='S')]
param(
[Parameter(Position=0, ParameterSetName='S')]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[string[]]$TypeName = '*'
,
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName='I')]
$InputObject
)
begin {
if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -ceq 'I') {
$seen = @{}
} else {
try {
$outBuffer = $null
if ($PSBoundParameters.TryGetValue('OutBuffer', [ref]$outBuffer)) {
$PSBoundParameters['OutBuffer'] = 1
}
$wrappedCmd = $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.GetCommand('Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Get-FormatData', [System.Management.Automation.CommandTypes]::Cmdlet)
$scriptCmd = {& $wrappedCmd @PSBoundParameters }
$steppablePipeline = $scriptCmd.GetSteppablePipeline($myInvocation.CommandOrigin)
$steppablePipeline.Begin($PSCmdlet)
} catch {
throw
}
}
}
process {
if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -ceq 'I') {
if ($null -cne $InputObject) {
$names = [string[]]@()
if ($InputObject -is [type]) {
$t = $InputObject
do {
if (-not $seen.ContainsKey($t.FullName)) {
$seen[$t.FullName] = 0
$names += [System.Management.Automation.WildcardPattern]::Escape($t.FullName)
}
$t = $t.BaseType
} while ($null -cne $t)
} else {
foreach ($n in $InputObject.pstypenames) {
if (-not $seen.ContainsKey($n)) {
$seen[$n] = 0
$names += [System.Management.Automation.WildcardPattern]::Escape($n)
}
}
}
if (0 -lt $names.Length) {
Get-FormatData -TypeName $names
}
}
} else {
try {
$steppablePipeline.Process($_)
} catch {
throw
}
}
}
end {
if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -ceq 'S') {
try {
$steppablePipeline.End()
} catch {
throw
}
}
}
}
<#
.ForwardHelpTargetName Get-FormatData
.ForwardHelpCategory Cmdlet
#>