MATLAB Programming

Features of Object-Oriented Programming ............. 9-3
MATLAB Data Class Hierarchy ...................... 9-3
Creating Objects .................................. 9-4
Invoking Methods on Objects ........................ 9-4
Private Methods .................................. 9-5
Helper Functions .................................. 9-6
Debugging Class Methods .......................... 9-6
Setting Up Class Directories ........................ 9-6
Data Structure ................................... 9-7
Tips for C++ and Java Programmers .................. 9-8
Designing User Classes in MATLAB ................. 9-9
The MATLAB Canonical Class ....................... 9-9
The Class Constructor Method ....................... 9-10
Examples of Constructor Methods .................... 9-12
Identifying Objects Outside the Class Directory ......... 9-12
The display Method ................................ 9-13
Accessing Object Data .............................. 9-13
The set and get Methods ............................ 9-14
Indexed Reference Using subsref and subsasgn ......... 9-15
Handling Subscripted Reference ..................... 9-16
Handling Subscripted Assignment .................... 9-19
Object Indexing Within Methods ..................... 9-20
Defining end Indexing for an Object .................. 9-20
Indexing an Object with Another Object ............... 9-21
Converter Methods ................................ 9-22
Overloading Operators and Functions ............... 9-23
Overloading Operators ............................. 9-23
Overloading Functions ............................. 9-25
Example — A Polynomial Class ..................... 9-26
Polynom Data Structure ............................ 9-26
Polynom Methods ................................. 9-26
The Polynom Constructor Method .................... 9-27
Converter Methods for the Polynom Class ............. 9-28
The Polynom display Method ........................ 9-30
The Polynom subsref Method ........................ 9-31
Overloading Arithmetic Operators for polynom ......... 9-32
Overloading Functions for the Polynom Class .......... 9-34
Listing Class Methods ............................. 9-36
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