[R] S4 : package creation

[Robin Hankin]

One other reference is the vignette in the Brobgingnag
package; this is a cookbook approach that gives step-by-step
instructions on how to build a simple package using S4 methods.

rksh




On 21 Mar 2008, at 17:29, Martin Morgan wrote:

> Hi Christophe --
>
> In terms of documentation, see ?promptClass, ?promptMethods.
>
> I don't think the description of package creation in 'S4 Classes in 15
> pages, more or less' is the way things are generally done these
> days. A package might normally look like
>
> DESCRIPTION
> NAMESPACE
> R/AllClasses.R
> R/methods-SomeClass.R
>
> The content and organization of the files in the R directory are up to
> the package author, but consist of the usual
>
> setClass("A", ...
> setMethod("foo", ...
>
> as well as other code. The content of DESCRIPTION and NAMESPACE are
> described in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual; important points are
> to Depends: methods and LazyLoad: yes in the DESCRIPTION file. It is
> also good to arrange that the files in the R directory are sourced in
> such a way that classes are defined before the methods that use them
> (using Collate: in the DESCRIPTION).
>
> There are a number of example packages available, including those
> written specifically for illustrating these issues. Several of these
> were referenced in recent threads on this news group, or perhaps it
> was the R-devel news group.
>
> Martin
>
> Christophe Genolini <cgenolin at u-paris10.fr> writes:
>
>> Hi the list,
>>
>> Using S4, how can we create a package? In "S4 Classes in 15 pages,  
>> more
>> or less", they put all the classes definition in a function that  
>> will be
>> called at the opening of the library and they add "by hand" a Rd  
>> file.
>> Is it the only way ? Is there something like "S4.package.skeleton"?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Christophe
>>
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