MethodWithNext-class         package:methods         R Documentation

Class MethodWithNext

Description:

     Class of method definitions set up for callNextMethod

Objects from the Class:

     Objects from this class are generated as a side-effect of calls to
     'callNextMethod'.

Slots:

     '.Data': Object of class '"function"'; the actual function
          definition.

     'nextMethod': Object of class '"PossibleMethod"' the method to use
          in response to a 'callNextMethod()' call.

     'excluded': Object of class '"list"'; one or more signatures
          excluded in finding the next method. 

     'target': Object of class '"signature"', from class
          '"MethodDefinition"'

     'defined': Object of class '"signature"', from class
          '"MethodDefinition"' 

     'generic': Object of class '"character"'; the function for which
          the method was created.   

Extends:

     Class '"MethodDefinition"', directly.
      Class '"function"', from data part.
      Class '"PossibleMethod"', by class '"MethodDefinition"'.
      Class '"OptionalMethods"', by class '"MethodDefinition"'.

Methods:

     findNextMethod 'signature(method = "MethodWithNext")': used
          internally by method dispatch. 

     loadMethod 'signature(method = "MethodWithNext")': used internally
          by method dispatch. 

     show 'signature(object = "MethodWithNext")' 

See Also:

     'callNextMethod', and  'MethodDefinition-class'.

