StemContainer-class: Class '"StemContainer"' for collections of tree and log...
In sampSurf: Sampling Surface Simulation for Areal Sampling Methods

Description Objects from the Class Slots Methods Author(s) References See Also Examples

This is a virtual class that provides the minimal shared structure for the actual usable subclasses such as “standingTrees” and “downLogs”. In general, the idea for container objects is similar to what is found in some other languages such as C++ or Java. The container object just hold a collection of objects of the appropriate subclass, and has methods that work on this collection as a whole, like plotting the collection. It is a simplified view of traditional container classes in that it does not currently allow for deletion or addition of objects.

A virtual Class: No objects may be created from it.

units:: Object of class "character": The units of measure used, must be either "English" or "metric".
bbox:: Object of class "matrix": The overall bounding box extents for the collection.
stats:: Object of class "data.frame": A summary of simple statistics on the collection; e.g., the mean and variance for volume etc.
description:: Object of class "character": A helpful comment about the collection.

bbox: signature(obj = "StemContainer"): Calculates the overall bounding box matrix.
perimeter: signature(object = "StemContainer"): Extract the perimeter of the collection corresponding to the bounding box as a "SpatialPolygons" object for possible plotting.
plot: signature(x = "StemContainer", y = "missing"): Plots the collection.
show: signature(object = "StemContainer"): Show component summary for the base slots in the collection.
summary: signature(object = "StemContainer"): Same as show.