newInstance.Class {R.oo}

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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

See Also

newInstance.Object(). newInstance.BasicObject(). For more information see Class.

Examples

Run examples

  obj <- newInstance(Object, NA)

  # equivalent to

  obj <- Object(NA)

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