MATLAB Object-Oriented Programming

Save and Load Enumerations......................... 14-45

Basic Knowledge................................ 14-45

Built-In and Value-Based Enumeration Classes.......... 14-45

Simple and Handle-Based Enumeration Classes ......... 14-45

Causes: Load as struct Instead of Object............... 14-46

Constant Properties

15

Define Class Properties with Constant Values............. 15-2

Defining Named Constants.......................... 15-2

Constant Property Assigned a Handle Object............ 15-4

Constant Property Assigned Any Object................ 15-4

Constant Properties — No Support for Get Events........ 15-6

Information from Class Metadata

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Class Metadata ..................................... 16-2

What Is Class Metadata?........................... 16-2

The meta Package................................ 16-3

Metaclass Objects ................................ 16-3

Metaclass Object Lifecycle .......................... 16-4

Class Introspection with Metadata..................... 16-5

Using Class Metadata .............................. 16-5

Inspect the EmployeeData Class...................... 16-5

Metaclass EnumeratedValues Property ................. 16-8

Find Objects with Specific Values...................... 16-10

Find Handle Objects.............................. 16-10

Find by Attribute Settings......................... 16-11

Get Information About Properties ..................... 16-14

The meta.property Object.......................... 16-14

How to Find Properties with Specific Attributes......... 16-17

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