Versioned              package:Biobase              R Documentation

_C_l_a_s_s "_V_e_r_s_i_o_n_e_d"

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Use this class as a `superclass' for classes requiring infomration
     about versions.

_M_e_t_h_o_d_s:

     The following are defined; package developers may write additional
     methods.

     '_n_e_w("_V_e_r_s_i_o_n_e_d", ..., _v_e_r_s_i_o_n_s=_l_i_s_t())' Create a new
          'Versioned-class' instance, perhaps with additional named
          version elements (the contents of 'versions') added. Named
          elements of 'versions' are character strings that can be
          coerced using 'package_version', or 'package_version'
          instances.

     '_c_l_a_s_s_V_e_r_s_i_o_n(_o_b_j_e_c_t)' Obtain version inforomation about instance
          'object'. See 'classVersion'.

     '_c_l_a_s_s_V_e_r_s_i_o_n(_o_b_j_e_c_t) <- _v_a_l_u_e' Set version inforomation on
          instance 'object' to 'value'; useful when 'object' is an
          instance of a class that contains 'VersionClass'. See
          'classVersion'.

     '_c_l_a_s_s_V_e_r_s_i_o_n(_o_b_j_e_c_t)["_i_d"] <- _v_a_l_u_e' Create or update version
          inforomation '"id"' on instance 'object' to 'value'; useful
          when 'object' is an instance of a class that contains
          'VersionClass'. See 'classVersion'.

     '_s_h_o_w(_o_b_j_e_c_t)' Default method returns 'invisible', to avoid
          printing confusing information when your own class does not
          have a 'show' method defined. Use 'classVersion(object)' to
          get or set version information.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Biocore

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'Versions-class'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     obj <- new("Versioned", versions=list(A="1.0.0"))
     obj
     classVersion(obj)

     setClass("A", contains="Versioned")

     classVersion("A")
     a <- new("A")
     a # 'show' nothing by default
     classVersion(a)

     setClass("B",
              contains="Versioned",
              prototype=prototype(new("Versioned",versions=list(B="1.0.0"))))

     classVersion("B")
     b <- new("B")
     classVersion(b)

     classVersion(b)["B"] <- "1.0.1"
     classVersion(b)
     classVersion("B")

     classVersion("B") < classVersion(b)
     classVersion(b) == "1.0.1"

     setClass("C",
              representation(x="numeric"),
              contains=("VersionedBiobase"),
              prototype=prototype(new("VersionedBiobase", versions=c(C="1.0.1"))))

     setMethod("show", signature(object="C"),
               function(object) print(object@x))

     c <- new("C", x=1:10)

     c

     classVersion(c)