Class Name and Package

className

Description

Creates and manipulates an object containing a class name and package.

Usage

className(class, package)
packageSlot(object)

Arguments

class	a character string identifying a class.
package	a character string identifying a package. If this is not given, then the function uses the package associated with the class named by class.
object	any object.

Value

className returns a className object containing the class name and package.
packageSlot takes a className object, and returns the associated package string.

See Also

setClass

Examples

className("numeric")
## a className object with class "numeric" and package "methods"
className("numeric", "pkg")
## a className object with class "numeric" and package "pkg"
packageSlot(className("numeric", "pkg"))
## "pkg"

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