Objects made easy

Ok, so you've noticed me struggle.
But that's how you learn.

In my last post I was trying to simplify the creation of objects in various way but I forgot about the golden rule, KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid).

That is, if it looks complex, write a function...

So the only way to create an object in PowerShell v2 with ordered properties is like this, right?

$Kalle = New-Object PSObject
$Kalle| Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name First -Value "Kalle"
$Kalle| Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Last -Value "Svensson"
$Kalle| Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Phone -Value "555-55 55 55"
$Kalle

First               Last                    Phone
-----               ----                    -----
Kalle               Svensson                555-55 55 55 

So lets make it a an advanced function.

function New-CustomObject
    {
    param (
        [array]$PropertyArray
    )

    $Object = New-Object PSObject
   
    foreach ($Property in $PropertyArray){
        $Object | Add-Member -MemberType 'NoteProperty' -Name $Property -Value $null
    }
   
    return $Object
}

Then putting the new function to use

$Kalle = New-CustomObject -PropertyArray "First","Last","Phone"

$Kalle.First = "Kalle"
$Kalle.Last = "Svensson"
$Kalle.Phone = "555 - 55 55 55"

$Kalle

First               Last                    Phone
-----               ----                    -----
Kalle               Svensson                555-55 55 55 

And I'm done