rJava (version 0.9-7)

jnew: Create a Java object

Description

.jnew create a new Java object.

Usage

.jnew(class, ..., check=TRUE, silent=!check)

Arguments

class
fully qualified class name in JNI notation (e.g. "java/lang/String").
...
Any parameters that will be passed to the corresponding constructor. The parameter types are determined automatically and/or taken from the jobjRef object. For details see .jcall. No
check
If set to TRUE then .jcheck is invoked before and after the call to the constructor to clear any pending Java exceptions.
silent
If set to FALSE then .jnew will fail with an error if the object cannot be created, otherwise a null-reference is returned instead. In addition, this flag is also passed to final .jcheck if check

Value

  • Returns the reference (jobjRef) to the newly created object or null-reference (see .jnull) if something went wrong.

See Also

.jcall, .jnull

Examples

Run this code
f <- .jnew("java/awt/Frame","Hello")
.jcall(f,,"setVisible",TRUE)

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