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<h1>Register Arrow extension types</h1>
<small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/apache/arrow-nanoarrow/blob/main/r/R/extension.R" class="external-link"><code>R/extension.R</code></a></small>
<div class="d-none name"><code>nanoarrow_extension_spec.Rd</code></div>
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<p>Register Arrow extension types</p>
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<h2 id="ref-usage">Usage<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-usage"></a></h2>
<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">nanoarrow_extension_spec</span><span class="op">(</span>data <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/list.html" class="external-link">list</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span>, subclass <span class="op">=</span> <span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/character.html" class="external-link">character</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
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<span><span class="fu">register_nanoarrow_extension</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">extension_name</span>, <span class="va">extension_spec</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
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<span><span class="fu">unregister_nanoarrow_extension</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">extension_name</span><span class="op">)</span></span>
<span></span>
<span><span class="fu">resolve_nanoarrow_extension</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">extension_name</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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<h2 id="arguments">Arguments<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arguments"></a></h2>
<dl><dt id="arg-data">data<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-data"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Optional data to include in the extension type specification</p></dd>
<dt id="arg-subclass">subclass<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-subclass"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A subclass for the extension type specification. Extension
methods will dispatch on this object.</p></dd>
<dt id="arg-extension-name">extension_name<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-extension-name"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An Arrow extension type name (e.g., arrow.r.vctrs)</p></dd>
<dt id="arg-extension-spec">extension_spec<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-extension-spec"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An extension specification inheriting from
'nanoarrow_extension_spec'.</p></dd>
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<h2 id="value">Value<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#value"></a></h2>
<ul><li><p><code>nanoarrow_extension_spec()</code> returns an object of class
'nanoarrow_extension_spec'.</p></li>
<li><p><code>register_nanoarrow_extension()</code> returns <code>extension_spec</code>, invisibly.</p></li>
<li><p><code>unregister_nanoarrow_extension()</code> returns <code>extension_name</code>, invisibly.</p></li>
<li><p><code>resolve_nanoarrow_extension()</code> returns an object of class
'nanoarrow_extension_spec' or NULL if the extension type was not
registered.</p></li>
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<h2 id="ref-examples">Examples<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-examples"></a></h2>
<div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span><span class="fu">nanoarrow_extension_spec</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"mynamespace.mytype"</span>, subclass <span class="op">=</span> <span class="st">"mypackage_mytype_spec"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [1] "mynamespace.mytype"</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> attr(,"class")</span>
<span class="r-out co"><span class="r-pr">#&gt;</span> [1] "mypackage_mytype_spec" "nanoarrow_extension_spec"</span>
</code></pre></div>
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