createsOutput: Define an output object of a module

createsOutputR Documentation

Define an output object of a module

Description

Used to specify an output object's name, class, description and other specifications.

Usage

createsOutput(objectName, objectClass, desc, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'ANY,ANY,ANY'
createsOutput(objectName, objectClass, desc, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'character,character,character'
createsOutput(objectName, objectClass, desc, ...)

Arguments

objectName

Character string to define the output object's name.

objectClass

Character string to specify the output object's class.

desc

Text string providing a brief description of the output object. If there are extra spaces or carriage returns, these will be stripped, allowing for multi-line character strings without using paste or multiple quotes.

...

Other specifications of the output object.

Value

A data.frame suitable to be passed to outputObjects in a module's metadata.

Author(s)

Yong Luo

Examples

outputObjects <- bindrows(
  createsOutput(objectName = "outputObject1", objectClass = "character",
                desc = "this is for example"),
  createsOutput(objectName = "outputObject2", objectClass = "numeric",
                desc = "this is for example",
                otherInformation = "I am the second output object")
)


SpaDES.core documentation built on June 22, 2024, 10:32 a.m.