add arbitrary S3 class to an object

Modify and object's class attribute.

Usage

addClass(x, newClass)

Arguments

x

an object

newClass

character string; class to be added

Value

The same object with an added S3 class.

Details

This is a simple convenience function that an item to the class attribute of an object so that it can be dispatched to a proper S3 method. This is purely for code clarity, so that individual methods do not clutter the definitions of higher order functions.

Examples

addClass(data.table::data.table(), "someClass")
#> Null data.table (0 rows and 0 cols)