ContainerCmdletProvider.GetChildItems
Method
Definition
Overloads
| GetChildItems(String, Boolean) |
Gets the children of the item at the specified path. |
| GetChildItems(String, Boolean, UInt32) | |
GetChildItems(String, Boolean)
Gets the children of the item at the specified path.
protected virtual void GetChildItems (string path, bool recurse);
Parameters
- path
- String
The path (or name in a flat namespace) to the item from which to retrieve the children.
- recurse
- Boolean
True if all children in a subtree should be retrieved, false if only a single level of children should be retrieved. This parameter should only be true for the NavigationCmdletProvider derived class.
Remarks
Providers override this method to give the user access to the provider objects using the get-childitem cmdlets.
Providers that declare <xref href="System.Management.Automation.Provider.ProviderCapabilities"></xref>
of ExpandWildcards, Filter, Include, or Exclude should ensure that the path passed meets those
requirements by accessing the appropriate property from the base class.
By default overrides of this method should not write objects that are generally hidden from
the user unless the Force property is set to true. For instance, the FileSystem provider should
not call WriteItemObject for hidden or system files unless the Force property is set to true.
The provider implementation is responsible for preventing infinite recursion when there are
circular links and the like. An appropriate terminating exception should be thrown if this
situation occurs.
The default implementation of this method throws an <xref href="System.Management.Automation.PSNotSupportedException"></xref>.