Private/Get-AtwsDefinition.ps1

Function Get-AtwsDefinition {
    begin { 
        $entityName = '#EntityName'
    
        # Enable modern -Debug behavior
        if ($PSCmdlet.MyInvocation.BoundParameters['Debug'].IsPresent) {
            $DebugPreference = 'Continue' 
        }
        else {
            # Respect configured preference
            $DebugPreference = $Script:Atws.Configuration.DebugPref
        }
    
        Write-Debug ('{0}: Begin of function' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)

        if (!($PSCmdlet.MyInvocation.BoundParameters['Verbose'].IsPresent)) {
            # No local override of central preference. Load central preference
            $VerbosePreference = $Script:Atws.Configuration.VerbosePref
        }
    
    }


    process {
        # Parameterset Get_All has a single parameter: -All
        # Set the Filter manually to get every single object of this type
        if ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName -eq 'Get_all') { 
            $Filter = @('id', '-ge', 0)
        }
        # So it is not -All. If Filter does not exist it has to be By_parameters
        elseif (-not ($Filter)) {
    
            Write-Debug ('{0}: Query based on parameters, parsing' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
      
            # Convert named parameters to a filter definition that can be parsed to QueryXML
            [string[]]$Filter = ConvertTo-AtwsFilter -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters -EntityName $entityName
        }
        # Not parameters, nor Get_all. There are only three parameter sets, so now we know
        # that we were passed a Filter
        else {
      
            Write-Debug ('{0}: Query based on manual filter, parsing' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
            
            # Parse the filter string and expand variables in _this_ scope (dot-sourcing)
            # or the variables will not be available and expansion will fail
            $Filter = . Update-AtwsFilter -Filterstring $Filter
        } 

        # Prepare shouldProcess comments
        $caption = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
        $verboseDescription = '{0}: About to query the Autotask Web API for {1}(s).' -F $caption, $entityName
        $verboseWarning = '{0}: About to query the Autotask Web API for {1}(s). Do you want to continue?' -F $caption, $entityName
    
        # Lets do it and say we didn't!
        if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($verboseDescription, $verboseWarning, $caption)) { 
    
            # Make the query and pass the optional parameters to Get-AtwsData
            $result = Get-AtwsData -Entity $entityName -Filter $Filter `
                -NoPickListLabel:$NoPickListLabel.IsPresent `
                -GetReferenceEntityById $GetReferenceEntityById `
                -GetExternalEntityByThisEntityId $GetExternalEntityByThisEntityId
    
            Write-Verbose ('{0}: Number of entities returned by base query: {1}' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name, $result.Count)

        }
    }

    end {
        Write-Debug ('{0}: End of function' -F $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name)
        if ($result) {
            Return $result
        }
    }

}