Greetings,
I am using S4 classes and the code is organized by putting each class into a
separate source file
in a separate folder:
In Folder base/base.R: defines class "base" and does
setGeneric("showSelf",
function(this) standardGeneric("showSelf")
)
setMethod("showSelf",
signature(this="base"),
definition=
function(this){ ... }
)
For j=1,...,n:
in derived_j/derived_j.R: defines class "derived_j" and does
setMethod("showSelf",
signature(this="derived_j"),
definition=
function(this){ ... }
)
Finally in tests/tests.R we do
source("../base/base.R")
source("../derived_1/derived_1.R")
source("../derived_2/derived_2.R")
....
source("../derived_n/derived_n.R")
now we check which methods "showSelf" are known at this point:
showMethods("showSelf")
and get
>showMethods("showSelf")
Function: showSelf (package .GlobalEnv)
this="base"
this="derived_n"
The methods with signature
this="derived_j", j<n
are not known.
Needless to say this makes the code useless.
How can I remedy this evil?
Many thanks,
Michael Meyer
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