standardGeneric

R Base 3.6.2

The function standardGeneric initiates dispatch of S4 methods: see the references and the documentation of the methods package. Usually, calls to this function are generated automatically and not explicitly by the programmer.

Syntax

standardGeneric(f, fdef)

Arguments

Parameter	Description
`f`	The name of the generic.
`fdef`	The generic function definition. Never passed when defining a new generic.

Details

standardGeneric dispatches the method defined for a generic function named f, using the actual arguments in the frame from which it is called. The argument fdef is inserted (automatically) when dispatching methods for a primitive function. If present, it must always be the function definition for the corresponding generic. Don't insert this argument by hand, as there is no validity checking and miss-specifying the function definition will cause certain failure. For more, use the methods package, and see the documentation in GenericFunctions.