EVOLUTION-MANAGER

Edit File: runitS4.r

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cat("\n\nRUnit test cases for S4 class inheritance\n\n")

testRUnit.S4classInheritance <- function()
{
  ##@bdescr
  ##  test case for noneof class: none
  ##  test if S4 classes can be instantiated inside test code
  ##  given that no where argument is specified
  ##@edescr

className <- setClass("testVirtualClass",
                        representation("VIRTUAL",
                                       x = "numeric",
                                       y = "numeric",
                                       xlab = "character",
                                       ylab = "character")
                        )
  
  
  checkEquals(className, "testVirtualClass")

checkException( new(className))
  
  derivedClassName <- setClass("testDerivedClass",
                               representation(className,
                                              scale = "numeric",
                                              title = "character")
                               )
  ##  Attention:
  ##  invert inheritance order!
  on.exit(removeClass(derivedClassName))
  on.exit(removeClass(className), add=TRUE)
  
  checkEquals(derivedClassName, "testDerivedClass")
  objD <- new(derivedClassName)
  checkTrue( is(objD, derivedClassName))
  checkTrue( isS4(objD))

checkTrue(require(stats4))

##  instantiate S4 class from stats
  ##  be sure to use a unique unused variable name here
  ##  i.e. NOT className as this has been used before
  ##  and the on.exit call will look up the name just *before*
  ##  the test function exists
  classNameMLE <- "mle"
  obj <- new(classNameMLE)
  checkTrue( is(obj, classNameMLE))
  checkTrue( isS4(obj))
  
  derivedStats4ClassName <- setClass("mleChild",
                                     representation(classNameMLE,
                                                    scale = "numeric",
                                                    title = "character")
                                     )
  on.exit(removeClass(derivedStats4ClassName), add=TRUE)
  
  checkEquals(derivedStats4ClassName, "mleChild")
  obj <- new("mleChild")
  checkTrue( is(obj, "mleChild"))
  checkTrue( isS4(obj))
  
}