Invoke a Method on a JVM Object

invoke

Description

Invoke methods on Java object references. These functions provide a mechanism for invoking various Java object methods directly from R.

Usage

invoke(jobj, method, ...)

invoke_static(sc, class, method, ...)

invoke_new(sc, class, ...)

Arguments

Arguments	Description
jobj	An R object acting as a Java object reference (typically, a spark_jobj).
method	The name of the method to be invoked.
…	Optional arguments, currently unused.
sc	A spark_connection.
class	The name of the Java class whose methods should be invoked.

Details

Use each of these functions in the following scenarios:

invoke Execute a method on a Java object reference (typically, a spark_jobj). invoke_static Execute a static method associated with a Java class. invoke_new Invoke a constructor associated with a Java class.