Add Class key to Includes hashtable #89

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1. bmanikm commented on Jan 6, 2017

   

   Manikyam Bavandla (bmanikm)

   on Jan 6, 2017

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   June Blender (@juneb) PowerShellGet needs to work on PS 3.0 or newer. Classes feature got added in PS 5.0.
2. juneb commented on Jan 6, 2017

   

   June Blender (juneb)

   on Jan 6, 2017

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   If there are no classes defined in the script or module, the Classes value would be null. This shouldn't create any problems for older versions of PowerShell.
3. bmanikm commented on Jan 6, 2017

   

   Manikyam Bavandla (bmanikm)

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   June Blender (@juneb) Could you please update the issue with more details as mentioned in the issue template?
4. juneb commented on Jan 6, 2017

   

   June Blender (juneb)

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   Sure. It's a feature request, not a bug. :)

   Expected Behavior
   If a module or script defines PowerShell classes, I would like them to be discoverable before installing or importing the module, such as in the Includes hash table in the PSRepositoryInfo object. Currently, the Includes hash table has keys for functions and DSCResources, but not for classes.

   Current Behavior

   PS C:\ps-test> (Find-Module PoshRsJob -RequiredVersion 1.7.0.0).Includes
   
   Name                           Value
   ----                           -----
   Function                       {Get-RSJob, Receive-RSJob, Remove-RSJob, Start-RSJob...}
   RoleCapability                 {}
   Command                        {Get-RSJob, Receive-RSJob, Remove-RSJob, Start-RSJob...}
   DscResource                    {}
   Workflow                       {}
   Cmdlet                         {}
   

   Possible Solution
   Add a Class key to the Includes hash table:

   PS C:\ps-test> (Find-Module PoshRsJob -RequiredVersion 1.7.0.0).Includes
   
   Name                           Value
   ----                           -----
   Function                       {Get-RSJob, Receive-RSJob, Remove-RSJob, Start-RSJob...}
   RoleCapability                 {}
   Command                        {Get-RSJob, Receive-RSJob, Remove-RSJob, Start-RSJob...}
   DscResource                    {}
   Workflow                       {}
   Cmdlet                         {}
   Class                          {V2UsingVariable, RSRunspacePool, RSJob}
   

   Environment:

   PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6.0.0.14> $psversiontable
   
   Name                           Value
   ----                           -----
   PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
   PSVersion                      6.0.0-alpha
   GitCommitId                    v6.0.0-alpha.14
   BuildVersion                   3.0.0.0
   CLRVersion
   SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
   PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
   PSEdition                      Core
   WSManStackVersion              3.0
   
5. ThomasNieto commented on May 30, 2019

   

   Thomas Nieto (ThomasNieto)

   on May 30, 2019

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   June Blender (@juneb) I'd like to take a stab at implementing this but am running into some roadblocks with the multiple ways a class can be defined. I found your article about finding classes in modules but it seems to have some limitations. Do you know how to get the list of exported classes when it's defined in ScriptsToProcess or NestedModules? If not we may need to wait until PowerShell/PowerShell#6293 is complete.
6. alerickson

   transferred this issue fromPowerShell/PowerShellGetv2on Mar 30, 2020
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8. Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)

   added this to the vNext milestone on Sep 4, 2020
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