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Data Transfer: COM Objects<br />
� rcom is DCOM client and server for R<br />
� allows to access COM objects from R<br />
� only makes use of dispinterfaces<br />
� single objects (IDispatch) can be sent to R<br />
and back<br />
� transferring array of objects at once is not<br />
supported<br />
� objects are reference-counted in R<br />
� the R garbage collector will release (NULL)<br />
references<br />
– can be triggered explicitly using gc()