adams.flow.core
Class RHelper

java.lang.Object
  adams.flow.core.RHelper

public class RHelper
extends Object

A helper class for things R related, specifically, JRI and Rserve.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

rsmith

Constructor Summary

RHelper()

Method Summary

static String	getRSetup_RHOME(AbstractActor caller) Returns the value of R_HOME as entered into the RSetup actor (the one nearest to the calling actor) if it exists, if it does not then it will return null.
static org.rosuda.REngine.Rserve.RConnection	newConnection(int port) Creates a new connection to Rserve.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RHelper

public RHelper()

Method Detail

getRSetup_RHOME

public static String getRSetup_RHOME(AbstractActor caller)

Returns the value of R_HOME as entered into the RSetup actor (the one nearest to the calling actor) if it exists, if it does not then it will return null.

Parameters:

caller - a reference to the object that called this

Returns:

the String value of R_HOME or null.

newConnection

public static org.rosuda.REngine.Rserve.RConnection newConnection(int port)

Creates a new connection to Rserve. Will try to launch Rserve if it's not already running.

Parameters:

port - the port to connect on

Returns:

the connection to Rserve or null if there was an error