Retrieve the GUID (globally unique identifier) of a
flowFrame that was generated by the cytometer or the
identifier of a filter or
filterResult given by the analyst.
Usage
identifier(object)
Arguments
object
Object of class
flowFrame, filter or
filterResult.
Value
Character vector representing the GUID or the name of the file.
Methods
object = "filter"
Return identifier of a
filter object.
object = "filterReference"
Return identifier of a
filterReference object.
object = "filterResult"
Return identifier of a
filterResult object.
object = "tansform"
Return identifier of a
transform object.
object = "flowFrame"
Return GUID from the description
slot of a flowFrame object or, alternatively,
the name of the input FCS file in case none can be
found. For flowFrame objects there also
exists a replacement method.
Details
GUID or Globally Unique Identifier is a pseudo-random number used in
software applications. While each generated GUID is not guaranteed to
be unique, the total number of unique keys (2\^128) is so large that
the probability of the same number being generated twice is very
small.
Note that if no GUID has been recorded along with the FCS file, the
name of the file is returned.