dfModel-class            package:MVCClass            R Documentation

_C_l_a_s_s "_d_f_M_o_d_e_l": _A _c_l_a_s_s _t_o _r_e_p_r_e_s_e_n_t _a _d_a_t_a _f_r_a_m_e _m_o_d_e_l

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     dfModel is a class to represent a data frame model.  This class
     inherits from the virtual class, gModel.  An object of dfModel is
     responsible for storing and updating the data.

_O_b_j_e_c_t_s _f_r_o_m _t_h_e _C_l_a_s_s:

     Objects can be created by calls of the form 'new("dfModel", ...)'.
     The initialize method for this class will be created in other
     packages that use this package (for example, the initialize method
     will be created in the iSNetwork and iSPlot packages).

_S_l_o_t_s:

     '_m_o_d_e_l_D_a_t_a': the model data, which is a data frame 

     '_v_i_r_t_u_a_l_D_a_t_a': data that is needed by views of this model, will be
          a data frame 

     '_l_i_n_k_D_a_t_a': a list of functions that link this model to its parent
          and child models (if it has any) 

     '_m_o_d_e_l_N_a_m_e': the name of this model 

     '_m_o_d_e_l_V_a_r': a list of variables that refer to the modelData (for
          instance this may be t-test values that were calculated from
          the modelData) 

_E_x_t_e_n_d_s:

     Class '"gModel"', directly.

_M_e_t_h_o_d_s:

     No methods defined with class "dfModel" in the signature.  The
     methods for this class will be created in other packages that use
     this package like iSNetwork and iSPlot.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Elizabeth Whalen

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'gModel-class'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

