R: Creates a local object representing a Java reference

omegahatReference {Java}

R Documentation

Creates a local object representing a Java reference

Description

On occassion, one can lose a reference to a Java object stored in the Omegahat databases. If one knows its identifier (i.e. Omegahat name) and whether it is an anonymous or named reference, one can recreate an R object that refers to this Java object and use this R object in subsequent calls to the Java interface.

Usage

omegahatReference(key, named=T)

Arguments

`key`	the name used by Omegahat to store the Java object.
`named`	a logical value indicating whether this is a named (`TRUE`) or anonymous (`FALSE`) reference.

Value

An object of class either AnononymousOmegahatReference or NamedOmegahatReference. This has fields

`key`	The Omegahat name by which the Java object is known. This is the value of the argument `key`.
`className`	the class name of the Java object. This is always empty.

Author(s)

Duncan Temple Lang

References

http://www.omegahat.org/RSJava

Examples

  omegahatReference("x")
  omegahatReference("x",F)