\name{coerce}
\alias{coerce}
\alias{coerce,filter,logical-method}
\alias{coerce,filterResult,logical-method}
\alias{coerce,subsetFilter,logical-method}
\alias{coerce,unionFilter,logical-method}
\alias{coerce,complementFilter,logical-method}
\alias{coerce,factor,filterResult-method}
\alias{coerce,matrix,filterResult-method}
\alias{coerce,logical,filterResult-method}
\alias{coerce,gateView,filterResult-method}
\alias{coerce,numeric,filterResult-method}
\alias{coerce,logicalFilterResult,logical-method}
\alias{coerce,randomFilterResult,logical-method}
\alias{coerce,environment,flowSet-method}
\alias{coerce,list,flowSet-method}
\alias{coerce,list,transformList-method}
\alias{coerce,intersectFilter,logical-method}
\alias{coerce,filter,call-method}
\alias{coerce,subsetFilter,call-method}
\alias{coerce,intersectFiler,call-method}
\alias{coerce,unionFilter,call-method}
\alias{coerce,complementFilter,call-method}
\alias{coerce,filterReference,concreteFilter-method}
\alias{coerce,filterReference,call-method}
\alias{coerce,formula,filter-method}
\alias{coerce,character,filter-method}
\alias{coerce,name,filter-method}
\alias{coerce,call,filter-method}
\alias{coerce,filterSet,list-method}
\alias{coerce,list,filterSet-method}
\alias{coerce,list,filterResultList-method}
\alias{coerce,filterResultList,list-method}
\alias{coerce,flowSet,list-method}
\alias{coerce,flowSet,flowFrame-method}
\alias{coerce,flowFrame,flowSet-method}
\alias{coerce,flowFrame,filterSet-method}
\alias{coerce,nullParameter,character-method}
\alias{coerce,parameters,character-method}
\alias{coerce,ratio,character-method}
\alias{coerce,transform,character-method}
\alias{coerce,unitytransform,character-method}
\alias{coerce,ellipsoidGate,polygonGate-method}
\alias{coerce,rectangleGate,polygonGate-method}


\title{Convert an object to another class}

\description{

  These functions manage the relations that allow coercing an object to
  a given class.

}

\arguments{
  
  \item{from, to}{The classes between which \code{def} performs
    coercion.  (In the case of the \code{coerce} function, these are
    objects from the classes, not the names of the classes, but you're
    not expected to call \code{coerce} directly.)}
  
 }

 \details{
   
  The function supplied as the third argument is to be called to
  implement \code{as(x, to)} when \code{x} has class \code{from}.  Need
  we add that the function should return a suitable object with class
  \code{to}.
  
}


\author{F. Hahne, B. Ellis}

\examples{

 samp1 <- read.FCS(system.file("extdata","0877408774.E07", package="flowCore"))
 samp2 <- read.FCS(system.file("extdata","0877408774.B08",package="flowCore"))
 samples <-list("sample1"=samp1,"sample2"=samp2)
 experiment <- as(samples,"flowSet")

}

\keyword{methods}