ProxyClassObject-class {XR}

A Class for Objects that are Proxies for Specific Server Class Objects

Description

This class is extended by all specific proxy classes for a particular language. If a proxy object is returned from the server language whose server class matches a defined proxy class, then an object from that class is generated.

Fields

.proxyObject

the actual proxy reference

.proxyClass

the description of the server language class (name, module, langauge)

.ev

the evaluator that produced this proxy object.

Methods

proxyName()

the character string under which the server language object is assigned. Useful to examine the object in a shell for the server language.

size()

returns the server-language size of the object, possibly NA

References

Chambers, John M. (2016) Extending R, Chapman & Hall/CRC. ( Chapter 13, discussing this package, is included in the package: ../doc/Chapter_XR.pdf.)