Class "gArray"

Description

The virtual class gArray is used to stadarize the storage and access of array-like experiment arrangement.It represent the arrangement of the experiment units, such as slide ans plate.

Objects from the Class

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

Slots

nRows:

Object of class "integer". Number of units per row.

nColumns:

Object of class "integer". Number of units per column.

layout:

Object of class "data.frame". A data frame represent the layout and order of postiion.

byrow:

Object of class "logical". The order of position is filled by row or not. Default is FALSE, same as used in mactrix().

metadata:

Object of class "list". A list that holds brief description of the class and other information.

Methods

In the following code snippets, x is an gArray object.

dim

signature(x = "gArray"): Return the dimmension of the array.

getLayout

signature(x = "gArray"): Return a data frame represent the layout postions of the array.

metadata<-

signature(x = "gArray"): Set the metadata.

metadata

signature(x = "gArray"): Get the metadata.

ncol

signature(x = "gArray"): Return the number of columns.

nrow

signature(x = "gArray"): Return the number of rows.