aRTdb-class {aRT} | R Documentation

## Class "aRTdb"

### Description

Class that manipulates a database. .

### Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form `new("aRTdb", aRTobject, dbname, create=T)`.

### Slots

`pointer`:
  An external pointer to a TerraLib object. DO NOT change it!

### Extends

Class `aRTcomponent`, directly.

### Methods

createLayer:
  Creates a new layer returns it.
createView:
  Creates an empty View in the database.
deleteLayer:
  Delete a layer in the database.
deleteTheme:
  Delete a theme in the database.
deleteView:
  Delete a view in the database.
initialize:
  Initializer of aRTdb class.
importShape:
  Imports a shapefile to the database.
openLayer:
  Opens an existent layer.
openTheme:
  Opens an existent theme. (Themes can be created only from layers.)
showLayers:
  Shows all the available layers.
showThemes:
  Shows all the available themes.
showViews:
  Show all the available views.
summary:
  Some information about the database.

### Note

Views are only destinate to TerraView users. It has no importance inside R.

### Author(s)

Marcos Aurelio Carrero and Pedro Ribeiro de Andrade Neto

### References

http://www.est.ufpr.br/aRT

### See Also

See `aRTdb-METHOD` for a method of this class or `CLASSNAME-class` for links to other classes.

[Package aRT version 0.3-6 Index]