System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject

Creating a PSCustomObject in PowerShell

PS C:\> $obj = new-object psObject
PS C:\> $obj.GetType().FullName
System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject

Adding properties (named values) to a PSCustomObject object

$psCustObj = new-object psObject
$psCustObj | add-member num  42
$psCustObj | add-member txt 'hello world'

write-host "num = $($psCustObj.num), txt = $($psCustObj.txt)"

'num', 'txt' | foreach-object { write-host "$_ : $($psCustObj.$_ )" }

Definition and significance of PSCustomObject

public class PSCustomObject
{
    /// To prevent other instances than SelfInstance.
    private PSCustomObject() { }

    internal static PSCustomObject SelfInstance = new PSCustomObject();

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return string.Empty;
    }
}

See also