MATLAB Function Reference

meta.event

meta.event class describes MATLAB^® class events

Description

The meta.event class provides information about MATLAB class events. The read/write properties of the meta.event class correspond to event attributes and are specified only from within class definitions.

You can query the read-only properties of the meta.event object to obtain information that is specified syntactically by the class (for example, to obtain the name of the class defining the event).

Obtain a meta.event object from the meta.class Events property, which contains a cell array of meta.event objects, one for each event defined by the class. For example:

mco = ?classname;
eventcell = mco.Events;
eventcell{1}.Name; % name of first event

Use the metaclass function to obtain a meta.class object from a class instance:

mco = metaclass(obj);

Properties

Property	Purpose
`Name` read only	Name of the event.
`Description` read only	Currently not used
`DetailedDescription` read only	Currently not used
`Hidden`	If `true`, the event does not appear in the list of events returned by the `events` function (or other event listing functions or viewers)
`ListenAccess`	Determines where you can create listeners for the event. `public` — unrestricted access `protected` — access from methods in class or derived classes `private` — access by class methods only (not from derived classes)
`NotifyAccess`	Determines where code can trigger the event. `public` — any code can trigger event `protected` — can trigger event from methods in class or derived classes `private` — can trigger event by class methods only (not from derived classes)
`DefiningClass`	The `meta.class` object representing the class that defines this event.

meta.event

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