IlluminaMethylationAnnotation-class {minfi} | R Documentation

## Class `IlluminaMethylationAnnotation`

### Description

This is a class for representing annotation associated with an Illumina methylation microarray. Annotation is transient in the sense that it may change over time, wheres the information stored in the `IlluminaMethylationManifest` class only depends on the array design.

### Usage

    ## Constructor
    IlluminaMethylationAnnotation(objectNames, annotation = "",
                                  defaults = "", packageName = "")

    ## Data extraction
    ## S4 method for signature 'IlluminaMethylationAnnotation'
    getManifest(object)

### Arguments

`object` | An object of class `IlluminaMethylationAnnotation`.
`annotation` | An annotation `character`.
`defaults` | A vector of default choices for `getAnnotation(what = "everything")`.
`objectNames` | a `character` with object names used in the package.
`packageName` | The name of the package this object will be contained in.

### Value

An object of class `IlluminaMethylationAnnotation`.

### Utilitues

In the following code, `object` is a `IlluminaMethylationAnnotation`.

`getManifest(object)`

  Get the manifest object associated with the array.

### Author(s)

Kasper Daniel Hansen khansen@jhsph.edu.

### See Also

`IlluminaMethylationManifest`

[Package minfi version 1.40.0 Index]