Package index

Key functions

new_class() new_object()

Define a new S7 class

new_generic() S7_dispatch()

Define a new generic

new_union()

Define a class union

`:=`()

Create and name an object in one step

`method<-`()

Register an S7 method for a generic

S7_inherits() check_is_S7()

Does this object inherit from a class?

validate() valid_eventually() valid_implicitly()

Validate an S7 object

Properties

new_property()

Define a new property

prop() `prop<-`() `@`()

Get/set a property

prop_names() prop_exists() prop_info()

Property introspection

props() `props<-`() set_props()

Get/set multiple properties

S7_data() `S7_data<-`()

Get/set underlying "base" data

Method dispatch

convert()

Convert an object from one type to another

class_missing

Dispatch on a missing argument

class_any

Dispatch on any class

super()

Force method dispatch to use a superclass

Introspection

method()

Find a method for an S7 generic

method_explain()

Explain method dispatch

S7_class()

Retrieve the class specification of an object

S7_class_desc()

Format a class specification as a string

Packages

Functions needed when using S7 within a package. See vignette("packages") for more details.

S7_on_load() methods_register() S7_on_build()

Package hooks for S7 methods

new_external_generic()

Generics in other packages

Compatibility

These tools provide a layer of compatibility between S7 and S3 classes, S4 classes, and base types. See vignette("compatibility") for more details.

class_logical class_integer class_double class_complex class_character class_raw class_list class_expression class_name class_call class_function class_numeric class_atomic class_vector class_language

S7 wrappers for base types

class_environment experimental

Use an environment as the base type of an S7 class

class_factor class_Date class_POSIXct class_POSIXlt class_POSIXt class_data.frame class_formula

S7 wrappers for key S3 classes

new_S3_class()

Declare an S3 class

S4_register()

Register an S7 or S3 class with S4