metadata: Extract element from SpaDES module metadata

In PredictiveEcology/SpaDES.install: Helper Utilities For SpaDES Package Dependency Installation

Extract element from SpaDES module metadata

Description

Parses module code, looking for the metadataItem (default = "reqdPkgs") element in the defineModule function.

Usage

packagesInModules(modules, modulePath = getOption("spades.modulePath"))

metadataInModules(
  modules,
  metadataItem = "reqdPkgs",
  modulePath = getOption("spades.modulePath"),
  needUnlist
)

Arguments

modules	character vector of module names
modulePath	path to directory containing the module(s) named in modules
metadataItem	character identifying the metadata field to extract
needUnlist	logical indicating whether to unlist the resulting metadata look up

Value

A character vector of sorted, unique packages that are identified in all named modules, or if modules is omitted, then all modules in modulePath.

PredictiveEcology/SpaDES.install documentation built on March 10, 2023, 1:19 p.m.