| isOpen-methods {rbamtools} | R Documentation |
Checks whether the given bamReader or bamWriter represents an opened connection to a BAM-file.
isOpen(con,rw="")
con |
An instance of class bamReader or bamWriter. |
rw |
This argument is included solely for compatibility with the function template for connections in package base. It's not evaluated internally. |
The function acutally checks, if the externalptr (reader or writer) slot has nil-value.
signature(object = "bamReader")Returns TRUE when file connection is open.
signature(object = "bamWriter")Returns TRUE when file connection is open.