ComputerManagementDsc: Class-based resources re-use module DscResource.Base (#405)

* ComputerManagementDsc: Class-based resources re-use module DscResource.Base

* Fix CHANGELOG.md

* Fix CHANGELOG.md

* Merge branch 'main' into f/remove-resourcebase

Co-Authored-By: Daniel Scott-Raynsford <PlagueHO@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: johlju

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
     in the module manifest in the source folder as the built module is
     automatically updated with this information by the pipeline - Fixes [Issue #396](https://github.com/dsccommunity/ComputerManagementDsc/issues/396).
   - Moved the build step of the pipeline to a Windows build worker when running in Azure DevOps.
+  - The class-based resources are now re-using the module DscResource.Base - Fixes [Issue #404](https://github.com/dsccommunity/ComputerManagementDsc/issues/404).
+  - Removed the file `source/build.psd1` as it is no longer required for the
+    build pipeline.
 
 ## [8.5.0] - 2021-09-13
 

RequiredModules.psd1

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     'DscResource.AnalyzerRules' = 'latest'
     'DscResource.DocGenerator'  = 'latest'
     'DscResource.Common'        = 'latest'
+    'DscResource.Base'          = 'latest'
     xDscResourceDesigner        = 'latest'
     LoopbackAdapter             = 'latest'
 }

build.yaml

@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ NestedModule:
     AddToManifest: false
     Exclude: PSGetModuleInfo.xml
 
+  DscResource.Base:
+    CopyOnly: true
+    Path: ./output/RequiredModules/DscResource.Base
+    AddToManifest: false
+    Exclude: PSGetModuleInfo.xml
+
 ####################################################
 #       Pipeline Configuration                     #
 ####################################################
@@ -62,6 +68,7 @@ Pester:
   OutputFormat: NUnitXML
   ExcludeFromCodeCoverage:
     - Modules/DscResource.Common
+    - Modules/DscResource.Base
   Script:
     - tests/Unit
   ExcludeTag:
@@ -78,6 +85,7 @@ DscTest:
     - output
   ExcludeModuleFile:
     - Modules/DscResource.Common
+    - Modules/DscResource.Base
   MainGitBranch: main
 
 Resolve-Dependency:

source/Build.psd1

@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ class PSResourceRepository : ResourceBase
     [Nullable[System.Boolean]]
     $Default
 
-    PSResourceRepository () : base ()
+    # Passing the module's base directory to the base constructor so it finds localization files.
+    PSResourceRepository () : base ($PSScriptRoot)
     {
         # These properties will not be enforced.
         $this.ExcludeDscProperties = @(