SpatioTemporal (version 1.1.9.1)

stCheckClass: Test if an object belongs to given class(es).

Description

Test if an object belongs to given class(es), and produce reasonable error message if not.

Usage

stCheckClass(x, what, name = "Object")

Arguments

x

Object to test.

what

A character vector naming classes.

name

Character string to be pasted into the error message describing x.

Value

Nothing

See Also

Similar to inherits

Other object checking utilities: stCheckCovars, stCheckFields, stCheckObs, stCheckSTcovars

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  ##create a basic object
  x <- 1
  class(x) <- "test"
  ## should be ok
  stCheckClass(x, "test", "x")
  ## this fails
  try( stCheckClass(x, "other", "x") )

# }