DscResource.Common

Author(s)

• DSC Community

Tags

DSC Localization

Functions

Assert-BoundParameter Assert-ElevatedUser Assert-IPAddress Assert-Module Compare-DscParameterState Compare-ResourcePropertyState ConvertFrom-DscResourceInstance ConvertTo-CimInstance ConvertTo-HashTable Find-Certificate Get-ComputerName Get-DscProperty Get-EnvironmentVariable Get-LocalizedData Get-LocalizedDataForInvariantCulture Get-PSModulePath Get-TemporaryFolder New-ArgumentException New-Exception New-InvalidDataException New-InvalidOperationException New-InvalidResultException New-NotImplementedException New-ObjectNotFoundException Remove-CommonParameter Set-DscMachineRebootRequired Set-PSModulePath Test-AccountRequirePassword Test-DscParameterState Test-DscProperty Test-IsNanoServer Test-IsNumericType

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

## [0.17.0-preview0005] - 2024-01-23

### Added

- Tasks for automating documentation for the GitHub repository wiki ([issue #110](https://github.com/dsccommunity/DscResource.Common/issues/110)).
- `Set-PSModulePath`
 - A new parameters set takes two parameters `FromTarget` and `ToTarget`
   that can copy from omne target to the other ([issue #102](https://github.com/dsccommunity/DscResource.Common/issues/102)).
 - A new parameter `PassThru` that, if specified, returns the path that
   was set.
- `New-Exception`
 - New command that creates and returns an `[System.Exception]`.
- `New-ArgumentException`
 - Now takes a parameter `PassThru` that returns the error record that was
   created (and does not throw).
- `New-InvalidOperationException`
 - Now takes a parameter `PassThru` that returns the error record that was
   created (and does not throw) ([issue #98](https://github.com/dsccommunity/DscResource.Common/issues/98)).
- `New-InvalidResultException`
 - Now takes a parameter `PassThru` that returns the error record that was
   created (and does not throw).
- `New-NotImplementedException`
 - Now takes a parameter `PassThru` that returns the error record that was
   created (and does not throw).
- `Compare-DscParameterState`
 - Add support for the type `[System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]`
   passed to parameters `CurrentValues` and `DesiredValues` ([issue #57](https://github.com/dsccommunity/DscResource.Common/issues/57)).
 - Add support for `DesiredValues` (and `CurrentValues`) to pass a value,
   e.g a hashtable, that includes a property with the type `[System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]`
   or an array of `[System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]` ([issue #57](https://github.com/dsccommunity/DscResource.Common/issues/57)).

### Changed

- Updated the pipelines files for resolving dependencies.
- Command documentation was moved from README to GitHub repository wiki.
- Change the word cmdlet to command throughout in the documentation, code
 and localization strings.
- A meta task now removes the built module from the session if it is imported.
- Wiki source file HOME was modified to not link to README for help after
 command documentation now is in the wiki.
- `Get-LocalizedData`
 - Refactored to simplify execution and debugging. The command previously
   used a steppable pipeline (proxies `Import-LocalizedData`), that was
   removed since it was not possible to use the command in a pipeline.
   It just made it more complex and harder to debug. There are more
   debug messages added to hopefully simplify solving some hard to find
   edge cases bugs.
- `New-ArgumentException`
 - Now has a command alias `New-InvalidArgumentException` and the command
   was renamed to match the exception name.
- `New-InvalidDataException`
 - The parameter `Message` has a parameter alias `ErrorMessage` to make
   the command have the same parameter names as the other `New-*Exception`
   commands.

### Fixed

- `Assert-BoundParameter`
 - Fixed example in documentation that were referencing an invalid command name.
- `Get-LocalizedData`
 - One debug message was wrongly using a format operator ([issue #111](https://github.com/dsccommunity/DscResource.Common/issues/111).
- `New-ObjectNotFoundException`
 - Updated typo in comment-based help.