MATLAB Object-Oriented Programming

Class Members Access

In this section...

“Basic Knowledge” on page 12-28

“Applications for Access Control Lists” on page 12-29

“Specify Access to Class Members” on page 12-29

“Properties with Access Lists” on page 12-31

“Methods with Access Lists” on page 12-31

“Abstract Methods with Access Lists” on page 12-35

Basic Knowledge

The material presented in this section builds on an understanding of the following

information:

Related Topics

• “Class Metadata” on page 16-2


• “Attribute Specification” on page 5-22

Terminology and Concepts

• Class members — Properties, methods, and events defined by a class


• Defining class — The class defining the class member for which access is being
  specified


• Get access — Permission to read the value of a property, controlled by the property
  GetAccess attribute


• Set access — Permission to assign a value to a property; controlled by the property
  SetAccess attribute


• Method access – Determines what other methods and functions can call the class
  method; controlled by the method Access attribute


• Listen access — Permission to define listeners; controlled by the event ListenAccess
  attribute


• Notify access — Permission to trigger events, controlled by the event NotifyAccess
  attribute

12 How to Build on Other Classes