Merge pull request #1373 from mdaneri/smart-dll-loader

Dynamically load the Pode DLL relevant to the version of PowerShell

pode.build.ps1

@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ Task TestNoBuild TestDeps, {
 # Synopsis: Run tests after a build
 Task Test Build, TestNoBuild
 
-
 # Synopsis: Check if any of the tests failed
 Task CheckFailedTests {
     if ($TestStatus.FailedCount -gt 0) {
@@ -987,4 +986,4 @@ task ReleaseNotes {
         $categories[$category] | Sort-Object | ForEach-Object { Write-Host $_ }
         Write-Host ''
     }
-}
+}

src/Pode.psm1

@@ -90,15 +90,25 @@ try {
         }
     }
     else {
-        if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge [version]'7.4.0') {
-            Add-Type -LiteralPath "$($root)/Libs/net8.0/Pode.dll" -ErrorAction Stop
+        # fetch the .net version and the libs path
+        $version = [System.Environment]::Version.Major
+        $libsPath = "$($root)/Libs"
+
+        # filter .net dll folders based on version above, and get path for latest version found
+        if (![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($version)) {
+            $netFolder = Get-ChildItem -Path $libsPath -Directory -Force |
+                Where-Object { $_.Name -imatch "net[1-$($version)]" } |
+                Sort-Object -Property Name -Descending |
+                Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty FullName
         }
-        elseif ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion -ge [version]'7.2.0') {
-            Add-Type -LiteralPath "$($root)/Libs/net6.0/Pode.dll" -ErrorAction Stop
-        }
-        else {
-            Add-Type -LiteralPath "$($root)/Libs/netstandard2.0/Pode.dll" -ErrorAction Stop
+
+        # use netstandard if no folder found
+        if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($netFolder)) {
+            $netFolder = "$($libsPath)/netstandard2.0"
         }
+
+        # append Pode.dll and mount
+        Add-Type -LiteralPath "$($netFolder)/Pode.dll" -ErrorAction Stop
     }
 
     # load private functions