commit 1b1a8daf7393c0d6baa7853fd5a270ebf2f5ec85
Author: Eric Coissac <eric.coissac@metabarcoding.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 13 09:55:08 2016 +0100

    Initial commit

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+.Rproj.user
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+/man/
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+Package: ROBIUtils
+Type: Package
+Title: What the package does (short line)
+Version: 1.0
+Date: 2014-11-08
+Author: Who wrote it
+Maintainer: Who to complain to <yourfault@somewhere.net>
+Description: More about what it does (maybe more than one line)
+License: What license is it under?
+Collate:
+    'ROBIUtils.R'
+    'classS3.R'
+RoxygenNote: 5.0.1
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+# Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+
+export(addS3Class)
+export(createS3Class)
+export(rmS3Class)
diff --git a/R/ROBIUtils.R b/R/ROBIUtils.R
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diff --git a/R/classS3.R b/R/classS3.R
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+#' @include ROBIUtils.R
+NULL
+
+#' Adds a class into the class hierarchie attribute.
+#' 
+#' \code{addS3Class} adds a new class name to the vector
+#' of class associated to the object. This the way to
+#' assign an object to an S3 class. \code{addS3Class} add
+#' the new class name in front of the class vector
+#' 
+#' @param object the object to modify
+#' @param classname the name of the new class
+#' 
+#' @return the object given as parametter casted to the new
+#'         class
+#' 
+#' @examples
+#' x = c(1,3,2,5)
+#' x = addS3Class(x,"my.vector")
+#' class(x)
+#' 
+#' @seealso \code{\link{rmS3Class}}
+#' 
+#' @note for efficiency purpose no check is done on the input
+#'       parametters
+#'       
+#' @keywords system function
+#' 
+#' @author Eric Coissac
+#' @export
+#' 
+addS3Class = function(object,classname) {
+  class(object) = c(classname,class(object))
+  return(object)
+}
+
+#' Removes a class from the class hierarchie attribute.
+#' 
+#' \code{rmS3Class} removes a class name from the vector
+#' of class associated to the object. This the way to
+#' remove the association between an object and a S3 class. 
+#' 
+#' @param object the object to modify
+#' @param classname the name of the class to remove
+#' 
+#' @return the object given as parametter.
+#' 
+#' @examples
+#' x = c(1,3,2,5)
+#' x = addS3Class(x,"my.vector")
+#' class(x)
+#' x = rmS3Class(x,"my.vector")
+#' class(x)
+#' 
+#' @seealso \code{\link{addS3Class}}
+#' 
+#' @note for efficiency purpose no check is done on the input
+#'       parametters
+#'       
+#' @keywords system function
+#' 
+#' @author Eric Coissac
+#' @export
+#' 
+rmS3Class = function(object,classname) {
+  c = class(object)
+  if (! is.null(c))
+    index = match(classname,c)
+  class(object)=c[-index]
+  return(object)
+}
+
+#' create basic functions to manipulate a new S3 class
+#' 
+#' createS3Class function create in the \code{package:ROBITools}
+#' environment an \code{is.xxx} function and an \code{as.xxx} function
+#' allowing to test if an abject belong the class \code{xxx} and to add
+#' the class \code{xxx} to the class list of an object. \code{xxx} is a 
+#' generic class name that is specified through the \code{classname}
+#' argument of the function.
+#' 
+#' @param classname a \code{character string} indicating the name
+#'         of the new class.
+#'         
+#' @examples
+#' 
+#' # Create a new S3 class named mynewclass
+#' createS3Class('mynewclass')
+#' 
+#' #create a new vector object
+#' x=c(1,4,6)
+#' 
+#' # test if it belongs the new class, that is false
+#' is.mynewclass(x)
+#' 
+#' # Associate x to the new class
+#' as.mynewclass(x)
+#' 
+#' # test again if x belongs the new class, that is now true
+#' is.mynewclass(x)
+#' 
+#' @seealso \code{\link{rmS3Class}}
+#' 
+#' @note Take care that the new functions are created in the 
+#' \code{package:ROBITools} environment.
+#' 
+#' @keywords system function
+#' 
+#' @author Eric Coissac
+#' @export
+#' 
+createS3Class = function(classname,envir=NULL) {
+  if (is.null(envir))
+    envir=parent.frame()
+  
+  is.class = function(object) any(class(object)==classname)
+  as.class = function(object) return(addS3Class(object,classname))
+   
+  assign(paste('is',classname,sep="."),is.class,envir=envir)
+  assign(paste('as',classname,sep="."),as.class,envir=envir)
+  
+}
+
+
+
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