Creating a class

A class is used to describe an object. This may be any object, which means that a class in PowerShell might be used for any purpose you could dream up.

Classes in PowerShell are created using the class keyword. The following class contains a single property:

class MyClass {
    [String]$Property = 'Value'
}

The class may be created using either new-object or the ::new() method:

PS> [MyClass]::new()

Property
--------
Value

This snippet creates an instance of the class using the default constructor, displaying the property that was defined for the class.

Properties

The properties defined in a class may define a .NET type and may have a default value if required. The following class has a single property...