\name{solist}
\alias{solist}
\title{
  List of Two-Dimensional Spatial Objects
}
\description{
  Make a list of two-dimensional spatial objects.
}
\usage{
solist(\dots, check=TRUE, promote=TRUE, demote=FALSE, .NameBase)
}
\arguments{
  \item{\dots}{
    Any number of objects, each representing a two-dimensional
    spatial dataset.
  }
  \item{check}{
    Logical value. If \code{TRUE}, check that each of the
    objects is a 2D spatial object.
  }
  \item{promote}{
    Logical value. If \code{TRUE}, test whether all objects belong to
    the \emph{same} class, and if so, promote the list of objects
    to the appropriate class of list.
  }
  \item{demote}{
    Logical value determining what should happen if any of the
    objects is not a 2D spatial object: if \code{demote=FALSE} (the
    default), a fatal error occurs; if \code{demote=TRUE},
    a list of class \code{"anylist"} is returned.
  }
  \item{.NameBase}{
    Optional. Character string. If the \code{\dots} arguments have no
    names, then the entries of the resulting list will be given
    names that start with \code{.NameBase}.
  }
}
\details{
  This command creates an object of class \code{"solist"}
  (spatial object list)
  which represents a list of two-dimensional spatial datasets.
  The datasets do not necessarily belong to the same class.

  Typically the intention is that the datasets in the list
  should be treated in the same way, for example, they should
  be plotted side-by-side. The \pkg{spatstat} package
  provides a plotting function, \code{\link{plot.solist}},
  and many other functions for this class.
  
  In the \pkg{spatstat} package, various functions produce
  an object of class \code{"solist"}. For example, when
  a point pattern is split into several point patterns by
  \code{\link{split.ppp}}, or an image is split into several
  images by \code{\link{split.im}}, the result is of
  class \code{"solist"}.

  If \code{check=TRUE} then the code will check whether all
  objects in \code{\dots} belong to the classes
  of two-dimensional spatial objects defined in the
  \pkg{spatstat} package. They do not have to belong to the
  \emph{same} class. Set \code{check=FALSE}
  for efficiency, but only if you are sure that all the objects are valid.

  If some of the objects in \code{\dots} are
  not two-dimensional spatial objects,
  the action taken depends on the argument \code{demote}.
  If \code{demote=TRUE}, the result will belong to the more general
  class \code{"anylist"} instead of \code{"solist"}.
  If \code{demote=FALSE} (the default), an error occurs.

  If \code{promote=TRUE} then the code will check whether all
  the objects \code{\dots} belong to the same class.
  If they are all point patterns (class \code{"ppp"}),
  the result will also belong to the class \code{"ppplist"}.
  If they are all pixel images (class \code{"im"}), the result
  will also belong to the class \code{"imlist"}.

  Use \code{\link{as.solist}} to convert a list to a \code{"solist"}.
}
\value{
  A list, usually belonging to the class \code{"solist"}.
}
\author{
  \spatstatAuthors.
}
\seealso{
  \code{\link{as.solist}},
  \code{\link{anylist}},
  \code{\link{solapply}}
}
\examples{
  solist(cells, distmap(cells), quadratcount(cells))
  solist(cells, japanesepines, redwood, .NameBase="Pattern")
}
\keyword{spatial}
\keyword{list}
\keyword{manip}
