| % File src/library/methods/man/setSClass.Rd |
| % Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org |
| % Copyright 1995-2015 R Core Team |
| % Distributed under GPL 2 or later |
| |
| \name{makeClassRepresentation} |
| \alias{makeClassRepresentation} |
| \title{Create a Class Definition} |
| \description{ |
| Constructs an object of class \code{\linkS4class{classRepresentation}} |
| to describe a particular class. Mostly a utility function, but you can |
| call it to create a class definition without assigning it, as |
| \code{\link{setClass}} would do. |
| } |
| \usage{ |
| makeClassRepresentation(name, slots=list(), superClasses=character(), |
| prototype=NULL, package, validity, access, |
| version, sealed, virtual=NA, where) |
| } |
| \arguments{ |
| \item{name}{character string name for the class} |
| \item{slots}{named list of slot classes as would be supplied to |
| \code{setClass}, but \emph{without} the unnamed arguments for |
| superClasses if any.} |
| \item{superClasses}{what classes does this class extend} |
| \item{prototype}{an object providing the default data for the class, |
| e.g., the result of a call to \code{\link{prototype}}.} |
| \item{package}{The character string name for the package in which |
| the class will be stored; see \code{\link{getPackageName}}.} |
| \item{validity}{Optional validity method. See |
| \code{\link{validObject}}, and the discussion of validity methods in |
| the reference.} |
| \item{access}{Access information. Not currently used.} |
| \item{version}{Optional version key for version control. Currently |
| generated, but not used.} |
| \item{sealed}{Is the class sealed? See \code{\link{setClass}}.} |
| \item{virtual}{Is this known to be a virtual class?} |
| |
| \item{where}{The environment from which to look for class |
| definitions needed (e.g., for slots or superclasses). See the |
| discussion of this argument under \link{GenericFunctions}.} |
| } |
| \references{ |
| Chambers, John M. (2008) |
| \emph{Software for Data Analysis: Programming with R} |
| Springer. (For the R version.) |
| |
| Chambers, John M. (1998) |
| \emph{Programming with Data} |
| Springer (For the original S4 version.) |
| } |
| \seealso{ |
| \code{\link{setClass}} |
| } |
| \keyword{programming} |
| \keyword{classes} |