Name space.

R-package/NAMESPACE

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export(xgb.ggplot.importance)
 export(xgb.importance)
 export(xgb.load)
 export(xgb.load.raw)
+export(xgb.unserialize)
 export(xgb.model.dt.tree)
 export(xgb.plot.deepness)
 export(xgb.plot.importance)
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ export(xgb.plot.shap)
 export(xgb.plot.tree)
 export(xgb.save)
 export(xgb.save.raw)
+export(xgb.serialize)
 export(xgb.train)
 export(xgboost)
 import(methods)

R-package/R/xgb.Booster.R

@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ xgb.Booster.handle <- function(params = list(), cachelist = list(), modelfile =
       return(handle)
     } else if (typeof(modelfile) == "raw") {
       ## A memory buffer
-      bst <- xgb.unserialize.raw(modelfile)
+      bst <- xgb.unserialize(modelfile)
       xgb.parameters(bst) <- params
       return (bst)
     } else if (inherits(modelfile, "xgb.Booster")) {
       ## A booster object
       bst <- xgb.Booster.complete(modelfile, saveraw = TRUE)
-      bst <- xgb.unserialize.raw(bst$raw)
+      bst <- xgb.unserialize(bst$raw)
       xgb.parameters(bst) <- params
       return (bst)
     } else {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ xgb.Booster.complete <- function(object, saveraw = TRUE) {
     object$handle <- xgb.Booster.handle(modelfile = object$raw)
   } else {
     if (is.null(object$raw) && saveraw)
-      object$raw <- xgb.serialize.raw(object$handle)
+      object$raw <- xgb.serialize(object$handle)
   }
   return(object)
 }
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ predict.xgb.Booster.handle <- function(object, ...) {
 #' That would only matter if attributes need to be set many times.
 #' Note, however, that when feeding a handle of an \code{xgb.Booster} object to the attribute setters,
 #' the raw model cache of an \code{xgb.Booster} object would not be automatically updated,
-#' and it would be user's responsibility to call \code{xgb.serialize.raw} to update it.
+#' and it would be user's responsibility to call \code{xgb.serialize} to update it.
 #'
 #' The \code{xgb.attributes<-} setter either updates the existing or adds one or several attributes,
 #' but it doesn't delete the other existing attributes.
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ xgb.attr <- function(object, name) {
   }
   .Call(XGBoosterSetAttr_R, handle, as.character(name[1]), value)
   if (is(object, 'xgb.Booster') && !is.null(object$raw)) {
-    object$raw <- xgb.serialize.raw(object$handle)
+    object$raw <- xgb.serialize(object$handle)
   }
   object
 }
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ xgb.attributes <- function(object) {
     .Call(XGBoosterSetAttr_R, handle, names(a[i]), a[[i]])
   }
   if (is(object, 'xgb.Booster') && !is.null(object$raw)) {
-    object$raw <- xgb.serialize.raw(object$handle)
+    object$raw <- xgb.serialize(object$handle)
   }
   object
 }
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ xgb.config <- function(object) {
 `xgb.config<-` <- function(object, value) {
   handle <- xgb.get.handle(object)
   .Call(XGBoosterLoadJsonConfig_R, handle, value)
-  object$raw <- xgb.serialize.raw(object)
+  object$raw <- xgb.serialize(object)
   object
 }
 
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ xgb.config <- function(object) {
     .Call(XGBoosterSetParam_R, handle, names(p[i]), p[[i]])
   }
   if (is(object, 'xgb.Booster') && !is.null(object$raw)) {
-    object$raw <- xgb.serialize.raw(object$handle)
+    object$raw <- xgb.serialize(object$handle)
   }
   object
 }

R-package/R/xgb.serialize.R

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #' @param booster the booster instance
 #'
 #' @export
-xgb.serialize.raw <- function(booster) {
-  handle <- xgb.get.handle(model)
+xgb.serialize <- function(booster) {
+  handle <- xgb.get.handle(booster)
   .Call(XGBoosterSerializeToBuffer_R, handle)
 }

R-package/R/xgb.unserialize.R

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#' Load the instance back from \code{\link{xgb.serialize.raw}}
+#' Load the instance back from \code{\link{xgb.serialize}}
 #'
-#' @param buffer the buffer containing booster instance saved by \code{\link{xgb.serialize.raw}}
+#' @param buffer the buffer containing booster instance saved by \code{\link{xgb.serialize}}
 #'
 #' @export
-xgb.unserialize.raw <- function(buffer) {
+xgb.unserialize <- function(buffer) {
   cachelist <- list()
   handle <- .Call(XGBoosterCreate_R, cachelist)
   .Call(XGBoosterUnserializeFromBuffer_R, handle, buffer)