Class: The Class class describes an Object class

Description

Package: R.oo
Class Class

Object
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Directly known subclasses:

public static class Class
extends Object

The Class class describes an Object class. First of all, this class is most commonly used internally and neither the end user nor the programmer need to no about the class Class.

Usage

Class(name=NULL, constructor=NULL)

Arguments

name: Name of the class.
constructor: Constructor (function) of any Object class.

Fields and Methods

Methods:

	`$`	-
	`$<-`	-
	`.DollarNames`	-
	`.subset2Internal`	-
	`[[`	-
	`[[<-`	-
	`argsToString`	Gets the arguments of a function as a character string.
	`as.character`	Returns a short string describing the class.
	`forName`	Gets a Class object by a name of a class.
	`getDetails`	Lists the fields and methods of a class.
	`getFields`	Returns the field names of a class.
	`getKnownSubclasses`	Gets all subclasses that are currently loaded.
	`getMethods`	Returns the method names of class and its super classes.
	`getName`	Gets the name of the class.
	`getPackage`	Gets the package to which the class belongs.
	`getRdDeclaration`	Gets the class declaration in Rd format.
	`getRdHierarchy`	Gets the class hierarchy in Rd format.
	`getRdMethods`	Gets the methods of a class in Rd format.
	`getStaticInstance`	Gets the static instance of this class.
	`getSuperclasses`	Gets the super classes of this class.
	`isAbstract`	Checks if a class is abstract or not.
	`isBeingCreated`	Checks if a class is currently being initiated initiated.
	`isDeprecated`	Checks if a class is deprecated or not.
	`isPrivate`	Checks if a class is defined private or not.
	`isProtected`	Checks if a class is defined protected or not.
	`isPublic`	Checks if a class is defined public or not.
	`isStatic`	Checks if a class is static or not.
	`newInstance`	Creates a new instance of this class.
	`print`	Prints detailed information about the class and its fields and methods.

Methods inherited from Object:
$, $<-, [[, [[<-, as.character, attach, attachLocally, clearCache, clearLookupCache, clone, detach, equals, extend, finalize, getEnvironment, getFieldModifier, getFieldModifiers, getFields, getInstantiationTime, getStaticInstance, hasField, hashCode, ll, load, names, objectSize, print, save

Author

Henrik Bengtsson

Details

The class Class describes the Object class or one of its subclasses. All classes and constructors created by setConstructorS3() will be of class Class. Its methods provide ways of accessing static fields and static methods. Its print() method will print detailed information about the class and its fields and methods.