MethodsList objects, the
objects formerly used in Rto store methods for dispatch. Use of
these objects is deprecated since R3.2.0, as it will rarely be a
good idea. Where methods dispatch is
to be studied, see selectMethod. For computations
that iterate over methods or over method signatures, see
findMethods, which returns a linearized methods list
to hold method definitions, usually more convenient for iteration
than the recursive MethodsList objects.listFromMlist(mlist, prefix = list(), sigs. = TRUE, methods. = TRUE)linearizeMlist(mlist, inherited = TRUE)
finalDefaultMethod(method)
loadMethod(method, fname, envir)
##--------- These are all deprecated, since R 3.2.0 ----------
MethodsList(.ArgName, ...)
makeMethodsList(object, level=1)
SignatureMethod(names, signature, definition)
insertMethod(mlist, signature, args, def, cacheOnly)
inheritedSubMethodLists(object, thisClass, mlist, ev)
showMlist(mlist, includeDefs = TRUE, inherited = TRUE,
classes, useArgNames, printTo = stdout() )
## S3 method for class 'MethodsList':
print(x, ...)
mergeMethods(m1, m2, genericLabel)
Chambers, John M. (1998) Programming with Data Springer (For the original S4 version.)