Passing “native” object to background jobs

Question

Here is what I\'d like to achieve in one way or another.

I have a custom assembly defining some objects. In my script, I create a custom object that I\'d like to pa

Answer 1

Instead of background jobs you may use PowerShell with BeginInvoke, EndInvoke. Here is the simple but working example of passing a live object in a "job", changing it there, getting the results:

# live object to be passed in a job and changed there
$liveObject = @{ data = 42}

# job script
$script = {
    param($p1)
    $p1.data # some output (42)
    $p1.data = 3.14 # change the live object data
}

# create and start the job
$p = [PowerShell]::Create()
$null = $p.AddScript($script).AddArgument($liveObject)
$job = $p.BeginInvoke()

# wait for it to complete
$done = $job.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne()

# get the output, this line prints 42
$p.EndInvoke($job)

# show the changed live object (data = 3.14)
$liveObject