Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

The Hidden modifier

The Hidden modifier may be used to hide a property or a method from casual discovery. Members marked as Hidden are still visible when using Get-Member, and may still be invoked. In many respects, this is similar to the DontShow property of the Parameter attribute: it hides the member from IntelliSense and tab completion, but does not prevent use.

In the following example, the Initialize method is hidden:

class MyClass {    [String]$Property    MyClass() { $this.Initialize() }    Hidden [Void] Initialize() {        $this.Property = 'defaultValue'    }}

By default, the Initialize method will be hidden from view. Using Get-Member with the Force parameter will show the method:

PS> [MyClass]::new() | Get-Member Initialize -Force TypeName: MyClass ...