PowerShell / PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices
Hook up PSES events to PSEventManager
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- C#
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Description
Right now the only way to register event/request handlers is to override them via IMessageHandlers from the component registry. This has a few issues
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As far as I can tell this only allows you to override handlers, not add to them. Doing this as part of an extension module would break existing functionality.
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These delegates are invoked from a thread that doesn't have a default runspace. This means if the delegate is a converted script block it will fail (and crash PSES)
I propose we add the following:
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Function or cmdlet
Register-EditorEvent. This should work likeRegister-EngineEvent. It would take aSourceIdentifieras the event name and script block to register as aPSEventSubscriber. Ideally this would also include argument completion for event names. -
A class that holds constants with event names (see
PSEngineEvent) -
Additional logic to existing handlers and other events to check for relevant event subscribers and if found generate the event.
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If the event/handler typically returns a value, a property would need to be added to the
EventArgsto handle output (PowerShell eventing doesn't handle delegate output)
This would solve a few issues
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Extension modules could register additional handlers the same way in PowerShell and compiled languages
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Eventing should take care of all the runspace management and queuing of commands that would normally make this a huge pain. This would also allow the events to be ran in between sequence points of an in progress command.
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Allow multiple handlers for a single request/event
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the existing IMessageHandlers in the component registry and comparing the proposed Register-EditorEvent behavior with Register-EngineEvent, PSEventSubscriber, and PSEngineEvent. Define the event-name constants, subscriber registration, handler dispatch, runspace queuing, and EventArgs output behavior; done means multiple PowerShell and compiled-language handlers can coexist without replacing existing handlers.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, powershell
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100