TOPIC
	about_Objects

SHORT DESCRIPTION
	Provides essential information about objects in Windows PowerShell. 


LONG DESCRIPTION
	Every action you take in Windows PowerShell occurs within the context of
	objects. As data moves from one command to the next, it moves as one or 
	more identifiable objects. An object, then, is a collection of data that 
	represents an item in a namespace. An object is made up of three types 
	of data: the object's type, its methods, and its properties.


	The data about an object's type provides details about what kind of 
	object it is. For example, an object that represents a file is a 
	FileInfo object.


	An object's method is an action that you can perform on the item that 
	the object represents. For instance, a FileInfo object includes a 
	method that you can use to cause the file to be copied. That is, when 
	you invoke the copy method of the object, the file that the object 
	represents is copied.


	An object's property is information about the state of that object. For 
	example, a FileInfo object includes the length property, which 
	specifies the size of the file represented by the object.


	When working with objects, you can use their methods and properties in 
	your commands to take specific actions and manipulate data. This is 
	especially useful when you combine multiple commands into a single 
	pipeline.


	When commands are combined in a pipeline, they pass information to each 
	other as objects. When the first command runs, it sends one or more 
	objects down the pipeline to the second command. The second command 
	receives the objects from the first command, processes the objects, and 
	then passes new or revised objects to the next command in the pipeline. 
	This continues until all commands in the pipeline run.


	The following example demonstrates how objects are passed from one 
	command to the next:


		Get-ChildItem c: | where {$_.PsIsContainer -eq $false} | 
		Format-List


	The first command (Get-ChildItem c:) returns an object for each item in 
	the root directory of the file system. Those objects are passed down 
	the pipeline to the second command (where {$_.PsIsContainer -eq 
	$false}). The second command uses the PsIsContainer property of the 
	object to filter the data from the input objects so that no directories 
	(containers) are returned. The command then passes the information as 
	objects to the third command (Format-List), which displays the contents 
	of each piped object in a list format.


SEE ALSO
	about_Methods
	about_Properties
	about_Pipelines
	Get-Member