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GenericClass: R6 class with generic reusable functionality

Description

R6 class with generic (abstract) new cloning functionality.

Arguments

Public fields

object_generator

Class object generator used to create new clones, particularly for user inheritance.

attached

A list of dynamically attached attributes (name-value pairs).

Methods

Method new()

Initialization method saves an object generator for new cloning.

Usage

GenericClass$new(object_generator = NULL, ...)

Arguments

object_generator

Class object generator used to create new clones, particularly for user inheritance.

...

Parameters passed individually (ignored).

Method new_clone()

Creates a new (re-initialized) object of the current (inherited) object class with optionally passed parameters.

Usage

GenericClass$new_clone(...)

Arguments

...

Parameters passed via the inherited class constructor (defined in initialize and run via new).

Returns

New object of the current (inherited) class.

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

GenericClass$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Examples

Run this code
object1 <- GenericClass$new()
class(object1)
# Referencing
object_ref <- object1
object_ref$attached$a <- 1
object1$attached
# Cloning
object2 <- object1$clone()
object2$attached$b <- 2
object1$attached
object2$attached
# New cloning
object3 <- object1$new_clone()
object3$attached$c <- 3
object1$attached
object3$attached

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