source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
biocLite("TypeInfo")

TypeInfo

Optional Type Specification Prototype

Bioconductor version: 2.13

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:

source("http://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
HTML		outline.html
PDF		Reference Manual

Details

biocViews	Infrastructure, Software
Version	1.28.0
In Bioconductor since	BioC 1.9 (R-2.4)
License	BSD
Depends	methods
Imports
Suggests	Biobase
System Requirements
URL
Depends On Me	RWebServices
Imports Me
Suggests Me

Package Archives

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

Package Source	TypeInfo_1.28.0.tar.gz
Windows Binary	TypeInfo_1.28.0.zip (32- & 64-bit)
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)	TypeInfo_1.28.0.tgz
Browse/checkout source	(username/password: readonly)
Package Downloads Report	Download Stats