# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. # Licensed under the MIT License. Describe "Get-Variable DRT Unit Tests" -Tags "CI" { It "Get-Variable of not existing variable Name should throw ItemNotFoundException"{ { Get-Variable -ErrorAction Stop -Name nonexistingVariableName } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "VariableNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetVariableCommand" } It "Get-Variable of existing variable Name with include and bogus exclude should work"{ Set-Variable newVar testing $var1=Get-Variable -Name newVar -Include newVar -Exclude bogus $var1.Name | Should -BeExactly "newVar" $var1.Value | Should -BeExactly "testing" } It "Get-Variable of existing variable Name with Description and Option should work"{ Set-Variable newVar testing -Option ReadOnly -Description "testing description" $var1=Get-Variable -Name newVar $var1.Name | Should -BeExactly "newVar" $var1.Value | Should -BeExactly "testing" $var1.Options | Should -BeExactly "ReadOnly" $var1.Description | Should -BeExactly "testing description" } It "Get-Variable of existing variable Globbing Name should work"{ Set-Variable abcaVar testing Set-Variable bcdaVar "another test" Set-Variable aVarfoo wow $var1=Get-Variable -Name *aVar* -Scope local $var1.Count | Should -Be 3 $var1[0].Name | Should -BeExactly "abcaVar" $var1[0].Value | Should -BeExactly "testing" $var1[1].Name | Should -BeExactly "aVarfoo" $var1[1].Value | Should -BeExactly "wow" $var1[2].Name | Should -BeExactly "bcdaVar" $var1[2].Value | Should -BeExactly "another test" } It "Get-Variable of existing private variable Name should throw ItemNotFoundException"{ Set-Variable newVar testing -Option Private {Get-Variable -Name newVar -ErrorAction Stop} | Should -Throw -ErrorId "VariableNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetVariableCommand" } } Describe "Get-Variable" -Tags "CI" { It "Should be able to call with no parameters without error" { { Get-Variable } | Should -Not -Throw } It "Should return environment variables when called with no parameters" { (Get-Variable).Name -contains "$" | Should -BeTrue (Get-Variable).Name -contains "?" | Should -BeTrue (Get-Variable).Name -contains "HOST" | Should -BeTrue (Get-Variable).Name -contains "PWD" | Should -BeTrue (Get-Variable).Name -contains "PID" | Should -BeTrue (Get-Variable).Name -contains "^" | Should -BeTrue } It "Should return the value of an object" { New-Variable -Name tempVar -Value 1 (Get-Variable tempVar).Value | Should -Be (1) } It "Should be able to call using the Name switch" { New-Variable -Name var1 -Value 4 { Get-Variable -Name var1 } | Should -Not -Throw (Get-Variable -Name var1).Value | Should -Be 4 Remove-Variable var1 } It "Should be able to use wildcard characters in the Name field" { New-Variable -Name var1 -Value 4 New-Variable -Name var2 -Value "test" (Get-Variable -Name var*).Value[0] | Should -Be 4 (Get-Variable -Name var*).Value[1] | Should -BeExactly "test" Remove-Variable var1 Remove-Variable var2 } It "Should return only the value if the value switch is used" { New-Variable -Name var1 -Value 4 Get-Variable -Name var1 -ValueOnly | Should -Be 4 Remove-Variable var1 } It "Should pipe string to the name field without the Name field being specified"{ New-Variable -Name var1 -Value 3 ("var1" | Get-Variable ).Value | Should -Be 3 Remove-Variable var1 } It "Should be able to include a set of variables to get" { New-Variable -Name var1 -Value 4 New-Variable -Name var2 -Value 2 $actual = Get-Variable -Include var1, var2 $actual[0].Name | Should -Be var1 $actual[1].Name | Should -Be var2 $actual[0].Value | Should -Be 4 $actual[1].Value | Should -Be 2 Remove-Variable var1 Remove-Variable var2 } It "Should be able to exclude a set of variables to get" { New-Variable -Name var1 -Value 4 New-Variable -Name var2 -Value 2 New-Variable -Name var3 -Value "test" $actual = Get-Variable -Exclude var1, var2 $actual.Name -contains "var3" | Should -BeTrue } Context "Scope Tests" { # This will violate the DRY principle. Tread softly. It "Should be able to get a global scope variable using the global switch" { New-Variable globalVar -Value 1 -Scope global -Force (Get-Variable -Name globalVar -Scope global).Value | Should -Be 1 } It "Should not be able to clear a global scope variable using the local switch" { New-Variable globalVar -Value 1 -Scope global -Force { Get-Variable -Name globalVar -Scope local -ErrorAction Stop } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "VariableNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetVariableCommand" } It "Should be able to get a global variable when there's one in the script scope" { New-Variable globalVar -Value 1 -Scope global -Force { New-Variable globalVar -Value 2 -Scope script -Force} (Get-Variable -Name globalVar).Value | Should -Be 1 } It "Should be able to get an item locally using the local switch" { { New-Variable localVar -Value 1 -Scope local -Force Get-Variable -Name localVar -Scope local } | Should -Not -Throw } It "Should be able to get a variable created in the global scope when there's one in local scope" { New-Variable localVar -Value 1 -Scope local -Force New-Variable localVar -Value 2 -Scope global -Force (Get-Variable -Name localVar -Scope global).Value | Should -Be 2 } It "Should be able to get a script variable created using the script switch" { { New-Variable scriptVar -Value 1 -Scope script -Force Get-Variable -Name scriptVar -Scope script } | Should -Not -Throw } It "Should be able to clear a global script variable that was created using the script scope switch" { { New-Variable scriptVar -Value 1 -Scope script -Force Get-Variable -Name scriptVar -Scope script } | Should -Not -Throw } } }