Powershell Classes

# Playing with learning PowerShell classes

#Define a new class and give it a name (in this case, myClass)
class myClass {

    #Give your new class properties
    [String]$Name
    [Int]$Age

    #Give your new class a method
    [Int]nextAge(){
        return $this.Age + 1
    }

    #Give your new class a constructor that does not require parameters
    myClass () {
        $this.Age = 0
        $this.Name = ''
    }

    #Give your new class a constructor that uses parameters to pre-load your values
    myClass ([string]$Name,[int]$Age) {
        $this.name = $name
        $this.age = $age
    }
}

# Instantiating the class using the blank constructor will return an effectively empty object,
# except that the attributes will have been primed and typed to zero values
$test = [myClass]::New()

$test.Age        # Will return 0
$test.nextAge()  # Will return 1

$test.Age = 15   # Override the default age

$test.Age        # 15
$test.nextAge()  # 16


# Instantiating the class using the second constructor will pre-load your values
$person1 = [myClass]::new("Bob",27)

$person1.Name       # Bob
$person1.nextAge()  # 28