FileArray-class {filearray}

Definition of file array

Description

S4 class definition of FileArray. Please use filearray_create and filearray_load to create instances.

Public Methods

get_header(key, default = NULL)

Get header information; returns default if key is missing

set_header(key, value)

Set header information; the extra headers will be stored in meta file. Please do not store large headers as they will be loaded into memory frequently.

can_write()

Whether the array data can be altered

create(filebase, dimension, type = "double", partition_size = 1)

Create a file array instance

delete(force = FALSE)

Remove array from local file system and reset

dimension()

Get dimension vector

dimnames(v)

Set/get dimension names

element_size()

Internal storage: bytes per element

fill_partition(part, value)

Fill a partition with given scalar

get_partition(part, reshape = NULL)

Get partition data, and reshape (if not null) to desired dimension

expand(n)

Expand array along the last margin; returns true if expanded; if the dimnames have been assigned prior to expansion, the last dimension names will be filled with NA

initialize_partition()

Make sure a partition file exists; if not, create one and fill with NAs or 0 (type='raw')

load(filebase, mode = c("readwrite", "readonly"))

Load file array from existing directory

partition_path(part)

Get partition file path

partition_size()

Get partition size; see filearray

set_partition(part, value, ..., strict = TRUE)

Set partition value

sexp_type()

Get data SEXP type; see R internal manuals

show()

Print information

type()

Get data type

valid()

Check if the array is valid.

See Also

filearray