Programming

MATLAB Classes

All MATLAB data types are implemented as object-oriented classes. You can add data types of your own to your MATLAB environment by creating additional classes. These user-defined classes define the structure of your new data type, and the M-file functions, or methods, that you write for each class define the behavior for that data type.

These methods can also define the way various MATLAB operators, including arithmetic operations, subscript referencing, and concatenation, apply to the new data types. For example, a class called polynomial might redefine the addition operator (+) so that it correctly performs the operation of addition on polynomials.

With MATLAB classes you can

• Create methods that override existing MATLAB functionality
• Restrict the operations that are allowed on an object of a class
• Enforce common behavior among related classes by inheriting from the same parent class
• Significantly increase the reuse of your code

Read more about MATLAB classes in Classes and Objects.

Function Handles

Java Classes

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