construct: Construct/deconstruct between objects and data frames

In tjpalanca/dbtools: Database Tools for R

Description

This function is designed to translate between data frame structures from flat files or databases into the objects.

Outside of a full ORM solution, this is best for just mapping S3, S4, and R6 classes to databases with the goal of recreating them in some other session.

Usage

construct(data, defn, ...)

deconstruct(objs, defn, ...)

Arguments

data	(tbl) data frame object where each row is object data
defn	(opt) class definition character - reference to an S4 class, function, or R6 class generator S4 class - S4 objects are expected R6 class - R6 objects are expected function - functions that generate S3 classes are expected
...	(arg) method-specific arguments
objs	(lst) list of objects conforming to that the class defn.

tjpalanca/dbtools documentation built on Oct. 7, 2021, 6:43 a.m.