event: Event Constructor

In eventr: Create Event Based Data Architectures

Description

Event constructor

Usage

new_event(id = uuid::UUIDgenerate(), type, time = Sys.time(), ...)

validate_event(id, type, time, ...)

event(id = uuid::UUIDgenerate(), type, time, ...)

Arguments

id	A character identifier
type	A character indicating the event type
time	A character string indicating the event timestamp
...	A list with the event attributes.

Value

The function returns an object of class event. event objects are implemented as a list of two main elements: A head and a body.The head contains an identifier (id), a string indicating the event type (type) and a POSIXct object indicating when the event occurs (time). The body containts the event attributes defined by the user. By default id is generated using uuid and time value is the result of Sys.time() function by default.

Examples

birth_event <- event(
  id = 'first-id',
  type = 'BIRTH',
  time = '1936-11-09',
  birth_date = '1936-11-09'
)

death_event <- event(
  id = 'second-id',
  type = 'DEATH',
  time = '2019-05-22',
  death_date = '2019-05-22'
)

eventr documentation built on July 8, 2020, 7:32 p.m.