R: Gets an instance of the object that is of a particular class

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## Gets an instance of the object that is of a particular class

### Description

Gets an instance of the object that is of a particular class.

### Usage

    ## Static method (use this):
    ## Arguments$getInstanceOf(object, class, coerce=FALSE, ..., .name=NULL)

    ## Don't use the below:
    ## S3 method for class 'Arguments'
    getInstanceOf(static, object, class, coerce=FALSE, ..., .name=NULL)

### Arguments

`object` | The object that should be returned as an instance of class `class`.
`class` | A `character` string specifying the name of the class that the returned object should inherit from.
`coerce` | If `TRUE` and the object is not of the wanted class, then method will be coerced to that class, if possible. Otherwise, an error is thrown.
`...` | Not used.
`.name` | A `character` string for name used in error messages.

### Value

Returns an object inheriting from class `class`.

### Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson

### See Also

For more information see `Arguments`.

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