\Header{coerce-methods}{Coerce an object to belong to a given microarray class}
\alias{as}{coerce-methods}
\alias{coerce}{coerce-methods}
\keyword{methods}{coerce-methods}
\begin{Description}\relax
Coercing methods were defined to convert microarray objects of one class into objects of another class, e.g., instances of the  \code{"\Link{marrayRaw}"} class into instances of the \code{"\Link{marrayNorm}"} class.
\end{Description}
\begin{Section}{Methods}
\describe{

\item[from = marrayRaw, to = marrayNorm] convert an object of class \code{"\Link{marrayRaw}"} into an object of class \code{"\Link{marrayNorm}"}.
\item[from = marrayRaw, to = exprSet] convert an object of class \code{"\Link{marrayRaw}"} into an object of class \code{"\Link{exprSet-class}"}.
\item[from = marrayRaw, to = marraySpots] convert an object of class \code{"\Link{marrayRaw}"} into an object of class \code{"\Link{marraySpots}"}.
\item[from = marrayNorm, to = exprSet] convert an object of class \code{"\Link{marrayNorm}"} into an object of class \code{"\Link{exprSet-class}"}.
\item[from = marrayNorm, to = marraySpots] convert an object of class \code{"\Link{marrayNorm}"} into an object of class \code{"\Link{marraySpots}"}.

}
\end{Section}

