is_artoo_meta: Test for a artoo_meta object

In artoo: Lossless CDISC-Native Input and Output for Clinical Datasets

Test for a artoo_meta object

Description

Report whether an object is a artoo_meta — the CDISC-shaped metadata a conformed dataset carries through the artoo workflow (spec -> apply_spec -> read_/write_). get_meta() returns one; this is the type guard before you inspect its ⁠@dataset⁠ and ⁠@columns⁠ slots.

Usage

is_artoo_meta(x)

Arguments

x	Object to test. ⁠<any>⁠.

Value

A ⁠<logical(1)>⁠: TRUE when x is a artoo_meta, else FALSE.

See Also

get_meta() and set_meta() to read and attach metadata.

Examples

# ---- Example 1: guard before inspecting metadata ----
#
# get_meta() yields a artoo_meta; is_artoo_meta() confirms the type before
# you reach into its slots.
spec <- artoo_spec(cdisc_adam_datasets, cdisc_adam_variables, codelists = cdisc_codelists)
adsl <- apply_spec(cdisc_adsl, spec, "ADSL")
meta <- get_meta(adsl)
is_artoo_meta(meta)

# ---- Example 2: a bare data frame carries no meta object ----
#
# The raw frame itself is not a artoo_meta — only the object get_meta()
# returns is.
is_artoo_meta(cdisc_adsl)

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