MATLAB Object-Oriented Programming

Property Definition

In this section...

“What You Can Define” on page 8-17

“Initialize Property Values” on page 8-18

“Property Default Values” on page 8-18

“Assign Property Values from Constructor” on page 8-19

“Initialize Properties to Unique Values” on page 8-19

“Property Attributes” on page 8-19

“Property Access Methods” on page 8-20

“Reference Object Properties Using Variables” on page 8-21

What You Can Define

Control aspects of property definitions in the following ways:

• Specify a default value for each property individually, see “Property Default Values” on
  page 8-18.


• Assign property values in a class constructor, see “Assign Property Values from
  Constructor” on page 8-19.


• Define properties with constant values, see “Named Values” on page 14-2.


• Assign property attribute values on a per block basis, see “Property Attributes” on
  page 8-19.


• Define methods that execute when the property is set or queried, see “Property Access
  Methods” on page 8-20.


• Define the class and size of property values, see “Validate Property Values” on page 8-
  24.


• Define properties that do not store values, but whose values depend on other
  properties, see “Types of Properties” on page 8-3.

NoteAlways use case-sensitive property names in your MATLAB code. Properties cannot

have the same name as the class.

Property Definition