omegahatReference: Creates a local object representing a Java reference
Description
On occassion, one can lose a reference to a Java object stored in the
Omegahat databases. If one knows its identifier (i.e. Omegahat name)
and whether it is an anonymous or named reference, one can recreate an
R object that refers to this Java object and use this R object in
subsequent calls to the Java interface.
Usage
omegahatReference(key, named=TRUE)
Arguments
key
the name used by Omegahat to store the Java object.
named
a logical value indicating whether this is a named
(TRUE) or anonymous (FALSE) reference.
Value
An object of class either AnononymousOmegahatReference or
NamedOmegahatReference. This has fields
key
The Omegahat name by which the Java object is known. This
is the value of the argument key.
className
the class name of the Java object. This is always
empty.