IdMappingRetrieval (version 1.20.0)

getDataFrame.Annotation: Get the entire data set available from a particular service in a form of a data frame

Description

Get the entire data set available from a particular service in a form of a data frame caching the data in a service directory allowing the fast retrieval of data next time the function is called.

Usage

"getDataFrame"(this, arrayType="menu", force=FALSE, graphics=TRUE, verbose=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

arrayType

Character string representing the array name. If 'menu', the list of available arrays is displayed allowing to select the array type of interest.

force

If TRUE forces the system to update the content of service data directory even if contained the data before. Default is FALSE.

graphics

If TRUE (default), the attempt to will be made to use graphical capabilities of the rChoiceDialogs package to display selection choices (items, files etc.) in a graphical form.

verbose

if TRUE enables diagnostic messages. Default is FALSE.

...

Not used.

Value

data.frame containing entire data set available from a particular service.

See Also

For more information see Annotation.

Examples

 ## Not run: 
#  Annotation$init();
#  Annotation$setCredentials("Affymetrix",user="[e-mail]",password="125438",verbose);
#  #create Affymetrix annotation object
#  annObj=AnnotationAffx("Affymetrix");
#  #retrieve the raw annotation data frame
#  df<-getDataFrame(annObj,verbose=TRUE);
#  ## End(Not run)