Generic (top level) Results class constructor and methods

The Results class is used to store results of data processing in Analyses child classes. Child classes of Results are implemented for diverse types of results for a given type of data.

Usage

Results(
  type = NA_character_,
  name = "Results",
  software = "StreamFind",
  version = NA_character_
)

# S3 method for class 'Results'
validate_object(x)

Arguments

type: A character string indicating the type of data.
name: A character string representing the name of the results.
software: A character string representing the name of the software used to generate the results.
version: A character string representing the version of the software used to generate the results.
x: An object of class Results.

Value

A Results S3 class object which is a list with the elements type, name, software, and version. Other elements are added by child class constructors (e.g. MassSpecSpectra).

Methods (by generic)

validate_object(Results): Validate the Results object, returning NULL if valid.