\name{getslots.phyloseq}
\alias{getslots.phyloseq}
\title{Return the non-empty slot names of a phyloseq object.}
\usage{
  getslots.phyloseq(physeq)
}
\arguments{
  \item{physeq}{A \code{\link{phyloseq-class}} object. If
  \code{physeq} is a component data class, then just
  returns the class of \code{physeq}.}
}
\value{
  identical to getSlots. A named character vector of the
  slot classes of a particular S4 class, where each element
  is named by the slot name it represents. If \code{physeq}
  is a component data object, then a vector of length (1)
  is returned, named according to its slot name in the
  \code{\link{phyloseq-class}}.
}
\description{
  Like \code{\link{getSlots}}, but returns the class name
  if argument is component data object.
}
\examples{
#
data(GlobalPatterns)
getslots.phyloseq(GlobalPatterns)
data(esophagus)
getslots.phyloseq(esophagus)
}
\seealso{
  merge_phyloseq
}