as-methods: Convert a object slots/fields to a list, json, or yaml file

In tengfei/sevenbridges: Seven Bridges Platform API Client and Common Workflow Language Tool Builder in R

Description

Doesn't like as.list, only fields and slots are converted, prepare a object to be conveted to YAML/JSON.

Usage

asList(object, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'ANY'
asList(object, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'CWL'
asList(object, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'SingleEnum'
asList(object, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'SimpleList'
asList(object, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'DSCList'
asList(object, ...)

Arguments

object	object, could be S4/R5 object. For example, class CWL, SimpleList.
...	other parameters passed to as.yaml or toJSON.

Value

a list object or json or yaml file.

Examples

# define a S4 object
A <- setClass("A", slots = list(a = "character", b = "numeric"))
# define a reference object which extends 'CWL' class
B <- setRefClass("B", fields = list(x = "character", y = "A"), contains = "CWL")
# new instances
a <- A(a = "hello", b = 123)
b <- B(x = "world", y = a)

# show
b
b$show("JSON")
b$show("YAML")

# You can convert slots/fields into a list
asList(a)
asList(b)
b$toList()
b$toYAML()
b$toJSON()

tengfei/sevenbridges documentation built on March 27, 2021, 1:22 p.m.