Retrieves metadata from the STID object's meta_data_record, optionally
combining multiple metadata sources and adding coordinate information.
Usage
GetMetaData(STID_obj, meta_key, ...)
# S3 method for class 'STID'
GetMetaData(STID_obj = NULL, meta_key = NULL, add_coord = TRUE, ...)
Arguments
- STID_obj
An STID object
- meta_key
Character vector, metadata keys to retrieve
- ...
Additional arguments passed to methods
- add_coord
Logical, whether to add coordinate columns (default: TRUE)
Value
List of metadata data frames, one for each meta_key
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Get raw metadata
raw_meta <- GetMetaData(ist_obj, meta_key = "raw")
# Get multiple metadata sources combined
combined_meta <- GetMetaData(ist_obj,
meta_key = list(c("raw", "coord"),
c("M1_SpotDetect_Gene_20240101")))
} # }