Public/Get-AstObject.ps1
function Get-AstObject { <# .SYNOPSIS Returns all the AST objects in a script that are of a specified type. .DESCRIPTION Takes the content of a script, parses it, and returns all the objects in a script that are of that type. .EXAMPLE Get-AstObject -ScriptPath .\MyScript.ps1 -Type CommandAst .NOTES Author: Thomas Rayner (@MrThomasRayner), workingsysadmin.com .LINK http://workingsysadmin.com #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([PSCustomObject[]])] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$ScriptPath, [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$Type ) process { try { [System.Type]$FullType = "System.Management.Automation.Language.$Type" $ast = [System.Management.Automation.Language.Parser]::ParseFile( $ScriptPath, [ref]$null, [ref]$null ) $ast.FindAll( { $args[0] -is $FullType }, $true ) | ForEach-Object { $_ } } catch { $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError( $_ ) } } } |