Class of method definitions set up for callNextMethod
Objects from this class are generated as a side-effect of calls to
callNextMethod.
.Data:Object of class "function"; the actual
function definition.
nextMethod:Object of class "PossibleMethod"
the method to use in response to a callNextMethod()
call.
excluded:Object of class "list"; one or more
signatures excluded in finding the next method.
target:Object of class "signature", from class
"MethodDefinition"
defined:Object of class "signature", from
class "MethodDefinition"
generic:Object of class "character"; the function
for which the method was created.
Class "MethodDefinition", directly.
Class "function", from data part.
Class "PossibleMethod", by class "MethodDefinition".
Class "OptionalMethods", by class "MethodDefinition".
signature(method = "MethodWithNext"):
used internally by method dispatch.
signature(method = "MethodWithNext"): used
internally by method dispatch.
signature(object = "MethodWithNext")
callNextMethod, and
class '>MethodDefinition.