PowerShell – Creating PSObject from template

When working with PowerShell I have came across really cool way to work with PSObjects. It’s being simple as creating one of the underlying object methods. But first things first – let’s create one template object

$AccessRules = New-Object PsObject
$AccessRules.PsObject.TypeNames.Insert(0, "FileSystemAccessRules")
$AccessRules | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name subFolder -Value ''
$AccessRules | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name identity -Value ''
$AccessRules | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name rights -Value ''
$AccessRules | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name InheritanceFlags -Value ''
$AccessRules | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name accessControlType -Value ''
$AccessRules | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name preserveInheritance -Value ''
$AccessRules | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name isInherited -Value ''
$AccessRules | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name owner -Value ''
$AccessRules | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name PropagationFlags -Value ''

 

Thats really easy – now its time to simply us it as base for other created objects

$FS_TMP_AR_1 = $AccessRules.psobject.Copy()

$FS_TMP_AR_1.accessControlType = 'Állow'
$FS_TMP_AR_1.identity          = 'BUILTIN\Administrators'
$FS_TMP_AR_1.InheritanceFlags  = "ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit"
$FS_TMP_AR_1.isInherited       = 1
$FS_TMP_AR_1.owner             = "BUILTIN\Administrators"
$FS_TMP_AR_1.preserveInheritance = 1
$FS_TMP_AR_1.rights              = 'FullControl'
$FS_TMP_AR_1.subFolder           = ''
$FS_TMP_AR_1.PropagationFlags ="None"

 

And thats it – voilla 😉 the whole magic is just hidden under this line

.psobject.Copy()

 

Hope this helps – happy coding!