##--- S4 Methods (and Classes) library(methods) ##too fragile: showMethods(where = "package:methods") ##-- S4 classes with S3 slots [moved from ./reg-tests-1.R] setClass("test1", representation(date="POSIXct")) x <- new("test1", date=as.POSIXct("2003-10-09")) stopifnot(format(x @ date) == "2003-10-09") ## line 2 failed in 1.8.0 because of an extraneous space in "%in%" stopifnot(all.equal(3:3, 3.), all.equal(1., 1:1)) ## trace (requiring methods): f <- function(x, y) { c(x,y)} xy <- 0 trace(f, quote(x <- c(1, x)), exit = quote(xy <<- x), print = FALSE) fxy <- f(2,3) stopifnot(identical(fxy, c(1,2,3))) stopifnot(identical(xy, c(1,2))) untrace(f) ## a generic and its methods setGeneric("f") setMethod("f", c("character", "character"), function(x, y) paste(x,y)) ## trace the generic trace("f", quote(x <- c("A", x)), exit = quote(xy <<- c(x, "Z")), print = FALSE) ## should work for any method stopifnot(identical(f(4,5), c("A",4,5)), identical(xy, c("A", 4, "Z"))) stopifnot(identical(f("B", "C"), paste(c("A","B"), "C")), identical(xy, c("A", "B", "Z"))) ## trace a method trace("f", sig = c("character", "character"), quote(x <- c(x, "D")), exit = quote(xy <<- xyy <<- c(x, "W")), print = FALSE) stopifnot(identical(f("B", "C"), paste(c("A","B","D"), "C"))) # These two got broken by Luke's lexical scoping fix #stopifnot(identical(xy, c("A", "B", "D", "W"))) #stopifnot(identical(xy, xyy)) ## but the default method is unchanged stopifnot(identical(f(4,5), c("A",4,5)), identical(xy, c("A", 4, "Z"))) removeGeneric("f") ## end of moved from trace.Rd ## print/show dispatch [moved from ./reg-tests-2.R ] setClass("bar", representation(a="numeric")) foo <- new("bar", a=pi) foo show(foo) print(foo) setMethod("show", "bar", function(object){cat("show method\n")}) show(foo) foo print(foo) print(foo, digits = 4) print.bar <- function(x, ...) cat("print method\n") foo print(foo) show(foo) setMethod("print", "bar", function(x, ...){cat("S4 print method\n")}) foo print(foo) show(foo) print(foo, digits = 4) setClassUnion("integer or NULL", members = c("integer","NULL")) setClass("c1", representation(x = "integer", code = "integer or NULL")) nc <- new("c1", x = 1:2) str(nc)# gave ^ANULL^A in 2.0.0 ## library(stats4) ## the following showMethods() output tends to generate errors in the tests ## whenever the contents of the packages change. Searching in the ## diff's can easily mask real problems. If there is a point ## to the printout, e.g., to verify that certain methods exist, ## hasMethod() would be a useful replacement ## showMethods(where = "package:stats4") ## showMethods("show") ## showMethods("show") ## showMethods("plot") # (ANY,ANY) and (profile.mle, missing) ## showMethods(classes="mle") ## showMethods(classes="matrix") ## showMethods(classes=c("matrix", "numeric")) ## showMethods(where = "package:methods") ## stopifnot(require(Matrix), ## require(lme4)) # -> S4 plot ## showMethods("plot") # more than last time ## showMethods("show", classes = c("dgeMatrix","Matrix","matrix")) ## showMethods("show") ## showMethods(classes = c("dgeMatrix","matrix")) ##--- "[" fiasco before R 2.2.0 : d2 <- data.frame(b= I(matrix(1:6,3,2))) ## all is well: d2[2,] stopifnot(identical(d2[-1,], d2[2:3,])) ## Now make "[" into S4 generic by defining a trivial method setClass("Mat", representation(Dim = "integer", "VIRTUAL")) setMethod("[", signature(x = "Mat", i = "missing", j = "missing", drop = "ANY"), function (x, i, j, drop) x) ## Can even remove the method: it doesn't help removeMethod("[", signature(x = "Mat", i = "missing", j = "missing", drop = "ANY")) d2[1:2,] ## used to fail badly; now okay stopifnot(identical(d2[-1,], d2[2:3,])) ## failed in R <= 2.1.x ## Fritz' S4 "odditiy" setClass("X", representation(bar="numeric")) setClass("Y", contains="X") ## Now we define a generic foo() and two different methods for "X" and ## "Y" objects for arg missing: setGeneric("foo", function(object, arg) standardGeneric("foo")) setMethod("foo", signature(object= "X", arg="missing"), function(object, arg) cat("an X object with bar =", object@bar, "\n")) setMethod("foo", signature(object= "Y", arg="missing"), function(object, arg) cat("a Y object with bar =", object@bar, "\n")) ## Finally we create a method where arg is "logical" only for class ## "X", hence class "Y" should inherit that: setMethod("foo", signature(object= "X", arg= "logical"), function(object, arg) cat("Hello World!\n") ) ## now create objects and call methods: y <- new("Y", bar=2) showMethods("foo") foo(y) foo(y, arg=TRUE)## Hello World! ## OK, inheritance worked, and we have showMethods("foo") foo(y) ## still 'Y' -- was 'X object' in R < 2.3 ## Multiple inheritance setClass("A", representation(x = "numeric")) setClass("B", representation(y = "character")) setClass("C", contains = c("A", "B"), representation(z = "logical")) new("C") setClass("C", contains = c("A", "B"), representation(z = "logical"), prototype = prototype(x = 1.5, y = "test", z = TRUE)) (cc <- new("C")) ## failed reconcilePropertiesAndPrototype(..) after svn r37018