Low-level constructor for image_catalog objects. Users should typically
use image_catalog() for file discovery instead.
Usage
new_image_catalog(
files,
metadata = NULL,
root_dir = NULL,
pattern = NULL,
assay_map = list()
)Arguments
- files
Character vector of absolute file paths.
- metadata
Data frame with one row per file containing extracted path components and user-assigned metadata.
- root_dir
Root directory used for discovery (for relative path display).
- pattern
Original glob pattern used for discovery.
- assay_map
Named list mapping assay names to file selection criteria.