Fix Select-Object to approve UX and fix return a property named * (#2421)

There are mainly 2 changes:
1. When '-ExcludeProperty' is specified but '-Property' is not, use "*" as the default value for '-Property'.
2. Allow 'Select-Object -Property noexist-name' to return a PSObject with property noexist-name, unless noexist-name itself contains wildcards.

src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/select-object.cs

@@ -322,10 +322,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
                 new ParameterProcessor(new SelectObjectExpressionParameterDefinition());
             if ((Property != null) && (Property.Length != 0))
             {
+                // Build property list taking into account the wildcards and @{name=;expression=}
                 _propertyMshParameterList = processor.ProcessParameters(Property, invocationContext);
             }
             else
             {
+                // Property don't exist
                 _propertyMshParameterList = new List<MshParameter>();
             }
 
@@ -337,6 +339,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
             if (ExcludeProperty != null)
             {
                 _exclusionFilter = new MshExpressionFilter(ExcludeProperty);
+                // ExcludeProperty implies -Property * for better UX
+                if ((Property == null) || (Property.Length == 0))
+                {
+                    Property = new Object[]{"*"};
+                    _propertyMshParameterList = processor.ProcessParameters(Property, invocationContext);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -414,18 +422,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
                 }
             }
 
-            if (expressionResults.Count == 0)
+            // allow 'Select-Object -Property noexist-name' to return a PSObject with property noexist-name,
+            // unless noexist-name itself contains wildcards
+            if (expressionResults.Count == 0 && !ex.HasWildCardCharacters)
             {
-                //Commented out for bug 1107600
-                //if (!ex.HasWildCardCharacters)
-                //{
-                //    ErrorRecord errorRecord = new ErrorRecord(
-                //        tracer.NewArgumentException("Property", ResourcesBaseName, "PropertyNotFound", ex.ToString()),
-                //        "PropertyNotFound",
-                //         ErrorCategory.InvalidArgument,
-                //        inputObject);
-                //    WriteError(errorRecord);
-                //}
                 expressionResults.Add(new MshExpressionResult(null, ex, null));
             }
 

test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Select-Object.Tests.ps1

@@ -248,3 +248,51 @@ Describe "Select-Object DRT basic functionality" -Tags "CI" {
 		$results[0] | Should Be "3"
 	}
 }
+
+Describe "Select-Object with Property = '*'" -Tags "CI" {
+
+        # Issue #2420
+	It "Select-Object with implicit Property = '*' don't return property named '*'"{
+		$results = [pscustomobject]@{Thing="thing1"} | Select-Object -ExcludeProperty thing 
+		$results.psobject.Properties.Item("*") | Should Be $null
+	}
+
+        # Issue #2420
+	It "Select-Object with explicit Property = '*' don't return property named '*'"{
+		$results = [pscustomobject]@{Thing="thing1"} | Select-Object -Property * -ExcludeProperty thing 
+		$results.psobject.Properties.Item("*") | Should Be $null
+	}
+
+        # Issue #2351
+	It "Select-Object with implicit Property = '*' exclude single property"{
+		$results = [pscustomobject]@{Thing="thing1"} | Select-Object -ExcludeProperty thing
+		$results.psobject.Properties.Item("Thing") | Should Be $null
+		$results.psobject.Properties.Item("*") | Should Be $null
+	}
+
+        # Issue #2351
+	It "Select-Object with explicit Property = '*' exclude single property"{
+		$results = [pscustomobject]@{Thing="thing1"} | Select-Object -Property * -ExcludeProperty thing
+		$results.psobject.Properties.Item("Thing") | Should Be $null
+		$results.psobject.Properties.Item("*") | Should Be $null
+	}
+
+        # Issue #2351
+	It "Select-Object with implicit Property = '*' exclude not single property"{
+		$results = [pscustomobject]@{Thing="thing1";Param2="param2"} | Select-Object -ExcludeProperty Param2 
+		$results.Param2 | Should Be $null
+		$results.Thing | Should Be "thing1"
+	}
+
+        # Issue #2351
+	It "Select-Object with explicit Property = '*' exclude not single property"{
+		$results = [pscustomobject]@{Thing="thing1";Param2="param2"} | Select-Object -Property * -ExcludeProperty Param2 
+		$results.Param2 | Should Be $null
+		$results.Thing | Should Be "thing1"
+	}
+
+    It "Select-Object with ExpandProperty and Property don't skip processing ExcludeProperty" {
+		$p = Get-Process -Id $pid | Select-Object -Property Process* -ExcludeProperty ProcessorAffinity -ExpandProperty Modules
+		$p[0].psobject.Properties.Item("ProcessorAffinity") | Should Be $null
+    }
+}