Store object conversion preference — save_return_as

Save (or load) ‘return_as’ conversion preference in an optional config file

Usage

save_return_as_preference(
  value = c("asis", "array", "matrix", "data.frame", "data.table", "tibble")
)

load_return_as_preference()

get_return_as_preference()

set_return_as_preference(
  value = c("asis", "array", "matrix", "data.frame", "data.table", "tibble")
)

Arguments

value: A character variable with one of the six permitted values

Value

For the setter, TRUE is returned invisibly but the function is invoked for the side effect of storing the value. For either getter, the character value.

Details

The tiledb_array object can set a preference for conversion for each retrieved object. This preference can also be enconded in a configuration file as R (version 4.0.0 or later) allows a user- and package specific configuration files. These helper functions sets and retrieve the value, respectively, or retrieve the cached value from the package environment where is it set at package load.

Note that the value must be one of ‘asis’ (the default), ‘array’, ‘matrix’‘data.frame’, ‘data.table’ or ‘tibble’. The latter two require the corresponding package to be installed.

Note

This function requires R version 4.0.0 or later to utilise the per-user config directory accessor function. For older R versions, please set the attribute directly when creating the tiledb_array object, or via the return_as() method.