Rename an item within the metadata
slot of an oce object.
oceRenameMetadata(object, old, new, note = "")
an oce object.
character value that matches the name of an item in object
's metadata
slot.
character value to be used as the new name that matches the name of an item in
object
's metadata
slot. Thus must not be the name of something that is already in the metadata
slot. If new
is the same as old
, then the object is returned unaltered.
character value that holds an explanation of the reason for the change. If this
is a string of non-zero length, then this is inserted in the processing log of the returned
value. If it is NULL
, then no entry is added to the processing log. Otherwise, the processing
log gets a new item that is constructed from the function call.
Dan Kelley
Other things related to the metadata slot:
oceDeleteMetadata()
,
oceGetMetadata()
,
oceSetMetadata()