R/GenericDataFileList.R

In R.filesets: Easy Handling of and Access to Files Organized in Structured Directories

setConstructorS3("GenericDataFileList", function(dfList=list(), ...) {
  # Argument 'dfList':
  if (is.list(dfList)) {
    className <- "GenericDataFile"
    for (kk in seq_along(dfList)) {
      df <- dfList[[kk]]
      if (!inherits(df, className)) {
        throw(sprintf("Element #%d of argument 'dfList' is not of class %s: ", kk, class(df)[1]))
      }
    }
  } else {
    throw("Argument 'dfList' is not a list: ", dfList)
  }

  extend(dfList, "GenericDataFileList")
})