Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Accessing module scope

It is possible to access module scope from the global scope by passing a module information object to the call operator.

The following snippet is used to demonstrate accessing module scope. The module consists of one public function, one private function, and a module-scoped variable:

function GetModuleServiceConnection {    [CmdletBinding()]    param ( )    $Script:connection }function Connect-ModuleService {    [CmdletBinding()]    param (        [String]$Name    )    $Script:connection = $Name}$Script:connection = 'DefaultConnection'Export-ModuleMember -Function Connect-ModuleService

The following snippet should be saved to a file named ModuleService.psm1, then the module should be imported using Import-Module .\ModuleService.psm1.

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