Resolve-TypeName
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Resolve-TypeName
SYNOPSIS
Resolves a TypeName object to the type’s full name through reflection.
SYNTAX
Resolve-TypeName [-TypeName] <Object> [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
The Resolve-TypeName function resolves a System.Management.Automation.Language.TypeName or
System.Management.Automation.Language.ArrayTypeName object to the type’s full name as a string.
This is useful for retrieving a type’s full name through reflection. If the function can’t successfully retrieve the full type name from reflection, it implies the type is unknown. In that case, the function returns the type name as a string, but without the assurance that it’s the full type name.
When you’re inspecting an AST, parameters and properties have their type information as an attribute that has the TypeName property. You can use this function to fully resolve those type names from the AST.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
This example shows how you can resolve the type name of a parameter from the AST.
$parameter = Find-Ast -Type Parameter -Recurse -ScriptBlock {
param([string]$x)
}
$parameter
$parameter.Attributes
Resolve-TypeName -TypeName $parameter.Attributes[0].TypeName
Attributes : {string}
Name : $x
DefaultValue :
StaticType : System.String
Extent : [string]$x
Parent : param([string]$x)
TypeName : string
Extent : [string]
Parent : [string]$x
System.String
PARAMETERS
-TypeName
The TypeName or ArrayTypeName to resolve to a full type name.
Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
-InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable,
-Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters.
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
System.String
This function returns the resolved full type name of the input object as a string.