newInstance.Class {R.oo}R Documentation

Creates a new instance of this class

Description

Creates a new instance of this class. Important: It should always be possible to create a new Object by calling the constructor without arguments. This method is simply calling the constructor method of the class.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'Class':
newInstance(this, ...)

Arguments

... Not used.

Value

Returns a reference to an Object.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson (http://www.braju.com/R/)

See Also

For more information see Class.

Examples

  obj <- newInstance(Object)

  # equivalent to

  obj <- Object()

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