TypeInfo

DOI: 10.18129/B9.bioc.TypeInfo    

Optional Type Specification Prototype

Bioconductor version: Release (3.6)

A prototype for a mechanism for specifying the types of parameters and the return value for an R function. This is meta-information that can be used to generate stubs for servers and various interfaces to these functions. Additionally, the arguments in a call to a typed function can be validated using the type specifications. We allow types to be specified as either i) by class name using either inheritance - is(x, className), or strict instance of - class(x) %in% className, or ii) a dynamic test given as an R expression which is evaluated at run-time. More precise information and interesting tests can be done via ii), but it is harder to use this information as meta-data as it requires more effort to interpret it and it is of course run-time information. It is typically more meaningful.

Author: Duncan Temple Lang Robert Gentleman (<rgentlem at fhcrc.org>)

Maintainer: Duncan Temple Lang <duncan at wald.ucdavis.edu>

Installation

To install this package, start R and enter:

## try http:// if https:// URLs are not supported
source("https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
biocLite("TypeInfo")

Documentation

To view documentation for the version of this package installed in your system, start R and enter:

browseVignettes("TypeInfo")

 

PDF	R Script	TypeInfo R News
PDF		Reference Manual

Details

biocViews	Infrastructure, Software
Version	1.44.0
In Bioconductor since	BioC 1.9 (R-2.4) (11.5 years)
License	BSD
Depends	methods
Imports
LinkingTo
Suggests	Biobase
SystemRequirements
Enhances
URL
Depends On Me
Imports Me
Suggests Me
Build Report

Package Archives

Follow Installation instructions to use this package in your R session.

Source Package	TypeInfo_1.44.0.tar.gz
Windows Binary	TypeInfo_1.44.0.zip
Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)	TypeInfo_1.44.0.tgz
Source Repository	git clone https://git.bioconductor.org/packages/TypeInfo
Package Short Url	http://bioconductor.org/packages/TypeInfo/
Package Downloads Report	Download Stats