feat: Language.Templates/Function.ByInputType ( Fixes #843 )

Author: StartAutomating

PipeScript.types.ps1xml

@@ -2141,6 +2141,40 @@ return $false
 })
                     </GetScriptBlock>
       </ScriptProperty>
+      <ScriptProperty>
+        <Name>ByInputType</Name>
+        <GetScriptBlock>
+                        &lt;#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Gets Language Functions by Input Type
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Returns a dictionary of all unique language functions that accept a pipeline parameter.
+
+    The key will be the type of parameter accepted.
+    The value will be a list of commands that accept that parameter from the pipeline. 
+.NOTES
+    Primitive parameter types and string types will be ignored.
+#&gt;
+param()
+# We want the results to be ordered (both the keys and the values)
+$byInputType = [Ordered]@{}
+$uniqueList = @($this.Unique | Sort-Object Order)
+foreach ($uniqueCommand in $uniqueList) {
+    , @(foreach ($parameterSet in $uniqueCommand.ParameterSets) {
+        foreach ($parameterInSet in $parameterSet.Parameters) {
+            if (-not $parameterInSet.ValueFromPipeline) { continue }
+            if ($parameterInSet.ParameterType.IsPrimitive) { continue }
+            if ($parameterInSet.ParameterType -eq [string]) { continue }
+            if (-not $byInputType[$parameterInSet.ParameterType]) {
+                $byInputType[$parameterInSet.ParameterType] = [Collections.Generic.List[PSObject]]::new()                      
+            }
+            $byInputType[$parameterInSet.ParameterType].Add($uniqueCommand)        
+        }
+    })
+}
+$byInputType
+                    </GetScriptBlock>
+      </ScriptProperty>
       <ScriptProperty>
         <Name>Count</Name>
         <GetScriptBlock>
@@ -2209,6 +2243,40 @@ $distinctCommands = @{}
 })
                     </GetScriptBlock>
       </ScriptProperty>
+      <ScriptProperty>
+        <Name>ByInputType</Name>
+        <GetScriptBlock>
+                        &lt;#
+.SYNOPSIS
+    Gets Language Templates by Input Type
+.DESCRIPTION
+    Returns a dictionary of all unique language templates that accept a pipeline parameter.
+
+    The key will be the type of parameter accepted.
+    The value will be a list of commands that accept that parameter from the pipeline. 
+.NOTES
+    Primitive parameter types and string types will be ignored.
+#&gt;
+param()
+# We want the results to be ordered (both the keys and the values)
+$byInputType = [Ordered]@{}
+$uniqueList = @($this.Unique | Sort-Object Order)
+foreach ($uniqueCommand in $uniqueList) {
+    , @(foreach ($parameterSet in $uniqueCommand.ParameterSets) {
+        foreach ($parameterInSet in $parameterSet.Parameters) {
+            if (-not $parameterInSet.ValueFromPipeline) { continue }
+            if ($parameterInSet.ParameterType.IsPrimitive) { continue }
+            if ($parameterInSet.ParameterType -eq [string]) { continue }
+            if (-not $byInputType[$parameterInSet.ParameterType]) {
+                $byInputType[$parameterInSet.ParameterType] = [Collections.Generic.List[PSObject]]::new()                      
+            }
+            $byInputType[$parameterInSet.ParameterType].Add($uniqueCommand)        
+        }
+    })
+}
+$byInputType
+                    </GetScriptBlock>
+      </ScriptProperty>
       <ScriptProperty>
         <Name>Count</Name>
         <GetScriptBlock>