Christophe you might find the Brobdingnag package on CRAN helpful here.
I wrote the package partly to teach myself S4; it includes a vignette that builds the various S4 components from scratch, in a step-by-step annotated "cookbook". HTH rksh On 8 Feb 2008, at 15:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi the list. > > I try to learn the S4 programming. I find the wiki and several doc. > But > I still have few questions... > > 1. To define 'representation', we can use two syntax : > - representation=list(temps = 'numeric',traj = 'matrix') > - representation(temps = 'numeric',traj = 'matrix') > Is there any difference ? > 2. 'validityMethod' check the intialisation of a new object, but not > the latter > modifications. Is it possible to set up a validation that check > every > modifications ? > 3. When we use setMethod('initialize',...) does the validityMethod > become un-used ? > 4. Is it possible to set up several initialization processes ? One > that build an objet from a data.frame, one from a matrix... > > Thanks > > Christophe > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Ce message a ete envoye par IMP, grace a l'Universite Paris 10 > Nanterre > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Robin Hankin Uncertainty Analyst and Neutral Theorist, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK tel 023-8059-7743 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.