Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Static methods

As static properties, static methods do not require that an instance of a class is created.

MSDN shows static methods using an S symbol in the leftmost column. For example, the System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface class has a number of static methods. The first of these is shown in the following screenshot:

PowerShell is also able to list these methods using Get-Member with the Static switch, as shown here:

PS> [System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface] | Get-Member -MemberType Method -Static    TypeName: System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterfaceName                    MemberType Definition----                    ---------- ----------Equals Method ...