MATLAB Object-Oriented Programming

Ordinary Methods

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“Ordinary Methods Operate on Objects” on page 9-8

“Methods Inside classdef Block” on page 9-8

“Method Files” on page 9-9

Ordinary Methods Operate on Objects

Ordinary methods define functions that operate on objects of the class. Therefore, one of

the input arguments must be an object or array of objects of the defining class. These

methods can compute values based on object data, can overload MATLAB built-in

functions, and can call other methods and functions. Ordinary methods can return

modified objects.

Methods Inside classdef Block

This example shows the definition of a method (methodName) within the classdef and

methods blocks:

classdef ClassName

methods (AttributeName = value,...)

function methodName(obj,args)

% method code

...

end

...

end % end of method block

...

end

Method attributes apply only to that particular methods block, which is terminated by the

end statement.

NoteNonstatic methods must include an explicit object variable as a function argument.

The MATLAB language does not support an implicit reference in the method function

definition.

9 Methods — Defining Class Operations