create.binding: Create DDB Bindings

In quantmod: Quantitative Financial Modelling Framework

Description

Internal function used in attachSymbols to create active bindings for symbols defined in a DDB object.

Usage

create.binding(s,
               lsym,
               rsym,
               gsrc,
               mem.cache = TRUE,
               file.cache = !mem.cache,
               cache.dir = tempdir(),
               envir,...)

Arguments

s	symbol name
lsym	function to convert to local name (legal R name)
rsym	function to convert to remote name (source name)
gsrc	corresponds to 'src' arg in getSymbols call
mem.cache	cache to memory
file.cache	cache to disk
cache.dir	directory to cache to/from
envir	environment name (character)
...	arguments to pass to getSymbols call

Details

Low level function to create bindings during initial demand-database construction.

Value

Called for its side effect of creating active bindings to symbols.

Note

This is code used internally by attachSymbols. User's may modify this to accomodate different systems. The upstream functions needn't maintain consistency with this interface.

Use as a guide or template.

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Ryan

References

Mark, Roger, ?

quantmod documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:48 p.m.