\name{summary-methods}
\docType{methods}

\alias{summary-methods}
%\alias{print-methods}
%\alias{show-methods}
%\alias{print}

\title{Printing summary methods for microarray objects}

\description{
Print methods were defined for the microarray classes,
\code{"\link{marrayInfo}"}, \code{"\link{marrayLayout}"},
\code{"\link{marrayRaw}"}, \code{"\link{marrayNorm}"}. These methods
produce summaries of the intensity and textual data stored in different
classes of microarray objects. 
}

\section{Methods}{\describe{
\item{x = ANY}{generic print method}
\item{x = marrayLayout}{for an object of class \code{"\link{marrayLayout}"}, the method prints main layout parameters such as the number of spots and the dimensions of the spot and grid matrices.}
\item{x = marrayInfo}{for an object of class \code{"\link{marrayInfo}"}, the method prints the first 10 rows of the \code{"maInfo"} and \code{"maLabels"} slots.}
\item{x = marrayRaw}{for an object of class \code{"\link{marrayRaw}"}, the method prints a short description of the microarray layout \code{"maLayout"} and the target samples hybridized to the arrays \code{"maTargets"}, and a summary of the distribution of the log-ratio statistics \code{"maM"}.}
\item{x = marrayNorm}{for an object of class \code{"\link{marrayNorm}"}, the method prints a short description of the microarray layout \code{"maLayout"} and the target samples hybridized to the arrays \code{"maTargets"}, and a summary of the distribution of the log-ratio statistics \code{"maM"}.}
}}
\keyword{methods}