| standardGeneric {base} | R Documentation |
Formal Method System – Dispatching S4 Methods
Description
The function standardGeneric initiates dispatch of S4
methods: see the references and the documentation of the
methods package. Usually, calls to this function are
generated automatically and not explicitly by the programmer.
Usage
standardGeneric(f, fdef)
Arguments
f |
The name of the generic. |
fdef |
The generic function definition. Never passed when defining a new generic. |
Details
standardGeneric dispatches the method defined for a generic
function named f, using the actual arguments in the frame from which
it is called.
The argument fdef is inserted (automatically) when dispatching
methods for a primitive function. If present, it must always be the function
definition for the corresponding generic. Don't insert this argument
by hand, as there is no validity checking and miss-specifying the
function definition will cause certain failure.
For more, use the methods package, and see the documentation in
GenericFunctions.
Author(s)
John Chambers
References
Chambers JM (2008). Software for Data Analysis: Programming with R. Springer, New York. ISBN 978-0-387-75935-7. http://statweb.stanford.edu/~jmc4/Rbook/. (For the R version.)
Chambers JM (1998). Programming with Data. Springer, New York. ISBN 978-0-387-98503-9. (For the original S4 version.)