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.