RelatedRecords

A container for accessing records with a one-to-many or many-to-many relationship.

Methods

Public methods

• RelatedRecords$new()

• RelatedRecords$df()

• RelatedRecords$print()

• RelatedRecords$to_string()

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Method new()

Creates an instance of this R6 class. This class should not be instantiated directly, but rather by connecting to a LaminDB instance using the connect() function.

Usage

RelatedRecords$new(instance, registry, field, related_to, api)

Arguments

instance

The instance the records list belongs to.

registry

The registry the records list belongs to.

field

The field associated with the records list.

related_to

ID or UID of the parent that records are related to.

api

The API for the instance.

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Method df()

Get a data frame summarising records in the registry

Usage

RelatedRecords$df(limit = 100, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

limit

Maximum number of records to return

verbose

Boolean, whether to print progress messages

Returns

A data.frame containing the available records

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Method print()

Print a RelatedRecords

Usage

RelatedRecords$print(style = TRUE)

Arguments

style

Logical, whether the output is styled using ANSI codes

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Method to_string()

Create a string representation of a RelatedRecords

Usage

RelatedRecords$to_string(style = FALSE)

Arguments

style

Logical, whether the output is styled using ANSI codes

Returns

A cli::cli_ansi_string if style = TRUE or a character vector