\HeaderA{.aaf.character}{Generic constructor for classes extending character}{.aaf.character}
\keyword{file}{.aaf.character}
\keyword{internal}{.aaf.character}
\begin{Description}\relax
Retrieve annotation from a character data source.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
.aaf.character(probeids, chip, type, class)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{probeids}] character vector containing probe ids
\item[\code{chip}] name of chip
\item[\code{type}] type of annotation
\item[\code{class}] class of object to be created
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Value}
A list of objects of class \code{class} containing the annotation 
data of from the \code{type} dataset for the given \code{probeids}.
NA values are returned as empty objects.
\end{Value}
\begin{Note}\relax
Written at the NASA Center for Computational Astrobiology \\
\url{http://cca.arc.nasa.gov/}
\end{Note}
\begin{Author}\relax
Colin A. Smith, \email{annaffy@colinsmith.org}
\end{Author}