MLSeqMetaData-class {MLSeq} | R Documentation

## `MLSeqMetaData` object

### Description

This object is a subclass for the `MLSeq` class. It contains metadata information, i.e. information on modified and/or updated elements, raw data etc..

### Details

Objects can be created by calls of the form `new("MLSeqMetaData", ...)`. This type of objects is created as a result of `classify` function of `MLSeq` package. It is then used in `update` function for updating the object in given object.

### Slots

`updated, modified`:

  a logical. See notes for details.

`modified.elements`:

  a list containing the modified elements in `MLSeq` obejct.

`rawData.DESeqDataSet`:

  raw data which is used for classification.

`classLabel`:

  a character string indicating the name of class variable.

### Note

The function `update` is used to re-run classification task with modified elements in `MLSeq` object. This function is useful when one wish to perform classification task with modified options without running `classify` function from the beginning. `MLSeqMetaData` object is used to store information on updated and/or modified elements in MLSeq object.

If an `MLSeq` object is modified, i.e. one or more elements in MLSeq object is replaced using related setter functions such as `method`, `ref` etc., the slot `modified` becomes TRUE. Similarly, the slot `updated` stores the information that the MLSeq object is updated (or classification task is re-runned) or not. If updated slot is FALSE and modified slot is TRUE, one should run `update` to obtain the classification results by considering the modified elements.

### See Also

`update`, `isUpdated`, `isModified`

[Package MLSeq version 2.8.0 Index]