PowerShell .NET object missing methods

Question

I am working with the IO.Compression namespace in PowerShell and am running into an issue where Methods which are available in my C# code are not available in PowerShell

C# snippet

string archfile = @"c:\temp\a1.zip";
string source = @"C:\temp\testing\logs\BatchProcess\BatchProcess_2017_08_22.log";

using (ZipArchive archive = ZipFile.Open(archfile, ZipArchiveMode.Update))
{
    archive.CreateEntryFromFile(source, @"myfolder\folder2\file.log");
}

Similar start of code in PowerShell

Add-Type -assembly System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
$archfile = "c:\temp\a1.zip"
# open mode: 1: Create, 2: Update
$archive = [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::Open("C:\temp\2.zip", 2)
$archive.CreateEntryFromFile($source, "myfolder\folder2\file.log")

A review of members shows that the function CreateEntryFromFile() (among others) is missing. The variable is a type of ZipArchive and a new file is created.
$archive | Get-Member displays:

   TypeName: System.IO.Compression.ZipArchive

Name        MemberType Definition
----        ---------- ----------
CreateEntry Method     System.IO.Compression.ZipArchiveEntry CreateEntry(string entryName), System.IO.Compression.ZipArchiveE...
Dispose     Method     void Dispose(), void IDisposable.Dispose()
Equals      Method     bool Equals(System.Object obj)
GetEntry    Method     System.IO.Compression.ZipArchiveEntry GetEntry(string entryName)
GetHashCode Method     int GetHashCode()
GetType     Method     type GetType()
ToString    Method     string ToString()
Entries     Property   System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection[System.IO.Compression.ZipArchiveEntry] Entries {get;}
Mode        Property   System.IO.Compression.ZipArchiveMode Mode {get;}

Is this simply part of how PowerShell creates .NET objects where not all methods are (or can be) supported?

ZipArchive reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.compression.ziparchive(v=vs.110).aspx

Answer 1

CreateEntryFromFile is an extension method, so it doesn't appear on the ZipArchive class in Powershell.

Option 1

In Powershell 3.0 or higher, you can declare the extension method for use in Powershell.

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem

Update-TypeData -TypeName System.IO.Compression.ZipArchive -MemberType 
ScriptMethod -MemberName CreateEntryFromFile -Value {
    switch ($args.Count)
    {
        2 { [System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::CreateEntryFromFile($this, $args[0], $args[1]) }
        3 { [System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::CreateEntryFromFile($this, $args[0], $args[1], $args[2]) }
        default { throw "No overload for CreateEntryFromFile takes the specified number of parameters." }
    }
}

$archfile = "c:\temp\a1.zip"
# open mode: 1: Create, 2: Update
$archive = [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::Open("C:\temp\2.zip", 2)
$archive.CreateEntryFromFile($source, "myfolder\folder2\file.log")

Option 2

Just use the extension method as a plain old static method.

$archfile = "c:\temp\a1.zip"
# open mode: 1: Create, 2: Update
$archive = [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::Open("C:\temp\2.zip", 2)
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::CreateEntryFromFile($archive, $source, "myfolder\folder2\file.log")

The second option is less code and also works in older versions of Powershell.

Reference: How do I use extension methods in ZipFileExtensionsClass?