Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Second Edition

Associated classes

WMI classes often have several different associated or related classes--for example, each instance of Win32_Process has an associated class, CIM_DataFile.

Associations between two classes are expressed by a third class. In the case of Win32_Process and CIM_DataFile, the relationship is expressed by the class CIM_ProcessExecutable.

The relationship is defined using the antecedent and dependent properties, as shown in the following example:

PS> Get-CimInstance CIM_ProcessExecutable |    Where-Object { $_.Dependent -match $PID } |    Select-Object -First 1Antecedent         : CIM_DataFile (Name = "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v...)Dependent          : Win32_Process (Handle = "11672")BaseAddress        : 2340462460928GlobalProcessCount : ModuleInstance ...