Janik von Rotz


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PowerShell Function Template

A good way to start writing a custom function in PowerShell is an advanced template like this. This is my custom PowerShell function template, whenever I’m writing a new script I’ll start with one of my templates. Having consistency in structure and naming of code is an important part in collaboration.

You can use this template for whatever like and do you can do everything you’ll like (except selling) with it.

<#
$Metadata = @{
	Title = ""
	Filename = ""
	Description = ""
	Tags = ""
	Project = ""
	Author = "Janik von Rotz"
	AuthorContact = "https://janikvonrotz.ch"
	CreateDate = "yyyyy-mm-dd hh:mm"
	LastEditDate = "yyyyy-mm-dd hh:mm"
	Url = ""
	Version = "0.0.0"
	License = @'
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Switzerland License.
To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ch/ or
send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.
'@
}
#>

function Test-AdvancedFunction{

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    A brief description of the function.

.DESCRIPTION
	A detailed description of the function.

.PARAMETER  ParameterA
	The description of the ParameterA parameter.

.PARAMETER  ParameterB
	The description of the ParameterB parameter.

.EXAMPLE
	PS C:> Get-Something -ParameterA 'One value' -ParameterB 32

.EXAMPLE
	PS C:> Get-Something 'One value' 32

.INPUTS
	System.String,System.Int32

.OUTPUTS
	System.String

.NOTES
	Additional information about the function go here.

.LINK
	about_functions_advanced

.LINK
	about_comment_based_help

#>

	[CmdletBinding()]
	param(

        # parameter options
        # validation
        # cast
        # name and default value

		[Parameter(Position=0, Mandatory=$true)]
		[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
		[System.String]
		$Name,

		[Parameter(Position=1)]
		[ValidateNotNull()]
		[System.Int32]
		$Index

	)# param end

  #--------------------------------------------------#
  # settings
  #--------------------------------------------------#

  #--------------------------------------------------#
  # functions
  #--------------------------------------------------#

  #--------------------------------------------------#
  # modules
  #--------------------------------------------------#

  #--------------------------------------------------#
  # main
  #--------------------------------------------------#

    # This block is used to provide optional one-time pre-processing for the function.
    begin{

        Do-Something
    }# begin end

    # This block is used to provide record-by-record processing for the function.
    process{

    	try{

    	}# try end

    	catch{

    		throw

        }# catch end

        finally{

        }# finally end
    }# process end

    # This block is used to provide optional one-time post-processing for the function.
    end{

    }# end end
}# function end

Hope I’m going save you time in programming great things.

Check out the latest version of this template here: https://gist.github.com/5749458

Categories: scripting
Tags: function , powershell , scripting , template
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