hy_network_type: What representation pattern does this network use?

In hydroloom: Utilities to Weave Hydrologic Fabrics

What representation pattern does this network use?

Description

Returns the most specific hydroloom class. The class names map to database / graph representation patterns:

• "hy_leveled": enriched edge list (+ topo_sort, levelpath)

• "hy_topo": self-referencing edge list (id/toid, dendritic)

• "hy_node": fromnode/tonode graph (id/fromnode/tonode)

• "hy_flownetwork": junction table (id/toid/upmain/downmain)

• "hy": name-aligned base object

Usage

hy_network_type(x)

Arguments

x	object to query.

Value

character. Most specific hydroloom class name, or "not a hydroloom object" if x has no hydroloom class.

Examples

x <- sf::read_sf(system.file("extdata/new_hope.gpkg", package = "hydroloom"))
hy_network_type(hy(x))

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