R.utils (version 2.5.0)

Arguments$getInstanceOf: Gets an instance of the object that is of a particular class

Description

Gets an instance of the object that is of a particular class.

Usage

## Static method (use this):
## Arguments$getInstanceOf(object, class, coerce=FALSE, ..., .name=NULL)
## Don't use the below:
"getInstanceOf"(static, object, class, coerce=FALSE, ..., .name=NULL)

Arguments

object

The object that should be returned as an instance of class class.

class

A character string specifying the name of the class that the returned object should inherit from.

coerce

If TRUE and the object is not of the wanted class, then method will be coerced to that class, if possible. Otherwise, an error is thrown.

...

Not used.

.name

A character string for name used in error messages.

Value

Returns an object inheriting from class class.

See Also

For more information see Arguments.