Taxon ID class

Used to store taxon IDs, either arbitrary or from a taxonomy database. This is typically used to store taxon IDs in taxon() objects.

taxon_id(id, database = NULL)

Arguments

id	(character/integer/numeric) a taxonomic id, required
database	(database) database class object, optional

Value

An R6Class object of class TaxonId

See also

Other classes: hierarchies(), hierarchy(), taxa(), taxmap(), taxon_database(), taxon_name(), taxon_rank(), taxonomy(), taxon()

Examples

(x <- taxon_id(12345))
#> <TaxonId> 12345
#>   database: none
x$id
#> [1] 12345
x$database
#> NULL

(x <- taxon_id(
  12345,
  database_list$ncbi
))
#> <TaxonId> 12345
#>   database: ncbi
x$id
#> [1] 12345
x$database
#> <database> ncbi
#>   url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy
#>   description: NCBI Taxonomy Database
#>   id regex: .*

# a null taxon_name object
taxon_name(NULL)
#> <TaxonName> none
#>   database: none