container              package:Biobase              R Documentation

_A _L_o_c_k_a_b_l_e _L_i_s_t _S_t_r_u_c_t_u_r_e _w_i_t_h _C_o_n_s_t_r_a_i_n_t_s _o_n _C_o_n_t_e_n_t

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Container class that specializes the list construct of R to
     provide content and access control

_C_r_e_a_t_i_n_g _O_b_j_e_c_t_s:

     'new('container', x  = [list], content = [character], locked =
     [logical])'

_S_l_o_t_s:

     _x list of entities that are guaranteed to share a certain property

     _c_o_n_t_e_n_t tag describing container contents

     _l_o_c_k_e_d boolean indicator of locked status. Value of TRUE implies
          assignments into the container are not permitted

_M_e_t_h_o_d_s:

     Class-specific methods:

     '_c_o_n_t_e_n_t(_c_o_n_t_a_i_n_e_r)' returns 'content' slot of argument

     '_l_o_c_k_e_d(_c_o_n_t_a_i_n_e_r)' returns 'locked' slot of argument

     Standard methods defined for 'container':

     '_s_h_o_w(_c_o_n_t_a_i_n_e_r)' prints container

     '_l_e_n_g_t_h(_c_o_n_t_a_i_n_e_r)' returns number of elements in the container

     '[[(_i_n_d_e_x)' _a_n_d '[[(_i_n_d_e_x, _v_a_l_u_e)' access and replace elements in
          the container 

     '[(_i_n_d_e_x)' make a subset of a container (which will itself be a
          container)

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       x1 <- new("container", x=vector("list", length=3), content="lm")
       lm1 <- lm(rnorm(10)~runif(10))
       x1[[1]] <- lm1