SelectionSet Element

Defines a set of .NET objects that can be referenced by the name of the set.

Schema

• Configuration Element
• SelectionSets Element
• SelectionSet Element

Syntax

<SelectionSet>
  <Name>SelectionSetName</Name>
  <Types>...</Types>
</SelectionSet>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe the attributes, child elements, and the parent element of the SelectionSet element. Each selection set must have a name, and it must specify the .NET objects of the set.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Parent Elements

Remarks

You can use selection sets when you have a set of related objects that you want to reference by using a single name, such as a set of objects that are related through inheritance. When defining your views, you can specify the set of objects by using the name of the selection set instead of listing all the objects within each view.

Common selection sets are specified by their name when defining the views of the formatting file or the definitions of the views. In these cases, the SelectionSetName child element of the ViewSelectedBy and EntrySelectedBy elements specifies the set to be used. For more information about selection sets, see Defining Sets of Objects.

Example

The following example shows a SelectionSet element that defines four .NET types.

<SelectionSets>
  <SelectionSet>
    <Name>FileSystemTypes</Name>
    <Types>
     <TypeName>System.IO.DirectoryInfo</TypeName>
     <TypeName>System.IO.FileInfo</TypeName>
     <TypeName>Deserialized.System.IO.DirectoryInfo</TypeName>
     <TypeName>Deserialized.System.IO.FileInfo</TypeName>
    </Types>
  </SelectionSet>
</SelectionSets>

See Also

Defining Selection Sets

Name Element of SelectionSet

SelectionSets Element

Types Element

Writing a PowerShell Formatting File