leanify_r6: Move all methods of an R6 Class to an environment
In mlr-org/mlr3misc: Helper Functions for 'mlr3'

leanify_r6

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Move all methods of an R6 Class to an environment

Description

leanify_r6 moves the content of an R6::R6Class's functions to an environment, usually the package's namespace, to save space during serialization of R6 objects. leanify_package move all methods of all R6 Classes to an environment.

The function in the class (i.e. the object generator) is replaced by a stump function that does nothing except calling the original function that now resides somewhere else.

It is possible to call this function after the definition of an R6::R6 class inside a package, but it is preferred to use leanify_package() to just leanify all R6::R6 classes inside a package.

Usage

leanify_r6(cls, env = cls$parent_env)

leanify_package(pkg_env = parent.frame(), skip_if = function(x) FALSE)

Arguments

`cls`	(R6::R6Class) Class generator to modify.
`env`	(`environment`) The target environment where the function should be stored. This should be either `cls$parent_env` (default) or one of its parent environments, otherwise the stump function will not find the moved (original code) function.
`pkg_env`	:: `environment` The namespace from which to leanify all R6 classes. Does not have to be a package namespace, but this is the intended usecase.
`skip_if`	:: `function` Function with one argument: Is called for each individual `R6::R6Class`. If it returns `TRUE`, the class is skipped. Default function evaluating to `FALSE` always (i.e. skipping no classes).