Johannes Huesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 08:13:27AM CEST]:
> Dear all,
> I am trying to understand how to access S4 methods after loading a
> package, using the online documentation of getMethod and friends.
>
> This is what I have been trying:
> > library(coin)
> > findMethods("ApproxNullDistribution")
> list()
> Warning message:
> In findMethods("ApproxNullDistribution") :
> nicht-generische Funktion an findMethods() übergeben
>
> whereas in the source of coin I can see the lines:
>
> setGeneric("ApproxNullDistribution", function(object, ...)
> standardGeneric("ApproxNullDistribution"))
>
> It seems that I am not getting what is going on here. Could anybody
> give me a hint?
It seems like the package authors chose not to export the ApproxNullDistribution
generic method from the package, as seen in the NAMESPACE file of the
package.
Does it mean that if I want to write personal extensions to the package,
the correct approach is to take the whole package and modify it?
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