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\name{MethodsList-class}

\alias{MethodsList-class}

\alias{body<-,MethodDefinition-method}

\docType{class}

\title{Class MethodsList, Representation of Methods for a Generic Function }

\description{ Objects from this class are generated and revised by the

  definition of methods for a generic function.}

\section{Slots}{\describe{

  \item{\code{argument}:}{Object of class \code{"name"}.  The name of the

    argument being used for dispatch at this level. }

  \item{\code{methods}:}{A named list of the methods (and method lists)

    defined \emph{explicitly} for this argument, with the names being

    the classes for which the methods have been defined. }

  \item{\code{allMethods}:}{A named list, which may be empty if this

    object has not been used in dispatch yet.  Otherwise, it contains

    all the directly defined methods from the \code{methods} slot, plus

    any inherited methods. }

}}

\section{Extends}{

Class \code{"OptionalMethods"}, directly.

}

\keyword{classes}

\keyword{methods}