Export a process object as a spec list

The reverse of process_from_spec(): slot tables become row lists (all-NA columns and empty tables are omitted; NA dimension values are omitted from rows, i.e. read back as "applies to ALL").

Usage

process_to_spec(object, file = NULL)

Arguments

object

A technology, storage or trade object.

file

Optional path; when given, the spec is written as YAML, or as JSON when the path ends in .json (same structure, an alternative container).

Value

The spec list (invisibly when file is given).

See also

Other process spec: process_from_spec(), process_spec_code(), process_spec_issues(), read_process_spec()

Examples

tech <- topia$modules$electricity$R3$ECOA

# the object as a plain nested list: diffable, editable, writable as YAML
spec <- process_to_spec(tech)
names(spec)
#>  [1] "techspec"           "class"              "name"              
#>  [4] "desc"               "cap2act"            "optimizeRetirement"
#>  [7] "inputs"             "outputs"            "efficiency"        
#> [10] "invcost"            "fixom"              "vintages"          
#> [13] "capacity"          
spec$efficiency
#> [[1]]
#> [[1]]$comm
#> [1] "COA"
#> 
#> [[1]]$cinp2use
#> [1] 0.4
#> 
#> 

# `process_from_spec()` is the way back
identical(process_from_spec(spec)@name, tech@name)
#> [1] TRUE