3 Bioconductor and S4 classes

Bioconductor widely uses the S4 object system.

In particular, developers are strongly encouraged to re-use existing Common Bioconductor Methods and Classes where possible.

The need for new classes may occasionally be identified (e.g., new technology or data type). Often, new classes are derived from existing classes (i.e., inheriting slots from a parent class), while adding new functionality under the form of new slots and/or methods.

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