bitfield

memoryobj class

Access the contents of a bitfield defined in your code

enum

numeric class

Contents of an enumerated data type stored in memory defined in your code

function

None

Contents of a function in your source code, or used in your project as a library function. Can also represent new functions you develop and add to your project.

numeric

memoryobj class

Access the contents of a numeric data type stored in memory defined in your code

pointer

numeric class

Contents of a pointer stored in a memory location on your target

renum

rnumeric class

Contents of an enumerated data type stored in a register on your target

rnumeric

registerobj class

Contents of register that contains a numeric data type

rpointer

rnumeric class

Contents of a pointer stored in a register on your target

rstring

rnumeric class

Contents of a string stored in a register on your target

string

numeric class

Contents of a string stored in a memory location on your target

structure

None

Contents of a structure stored in memory on your target

type

None

Typedefs stored in memory on your target after you add them to the type object

Abstract class

A class without instances. Abstract classes expect that their concrete subclasses will add to their structure and behavior.

Aggregation

The part-of relationship between two objects. For example, a bicycle has wheels, so wheels are part of a bicycle. Note that the wheels can exist separately from the bicycle. Compare to composition.

Base class

The most general class in a class structure. Also called root classes, most applications or systems have more than one base class.

Behavior

How an object reacts to its methods. How the object state changes in response to one of its methods acting on it.

Class

A set of abstract objects that share a common structure and behavior. A class forms the prototype that defines the properties and methods common to all objects of the class. Types and classes are not quite the same, but are used interchangeably in this guide.

Class diagram

Used to show the existence of classes and their relationships. Class diagrams can represent part or all of the class structure of a system.

Composition

A relationship between objects where one part object exists only as part of the whole object. The parts live and die together. You create and destroy them as one.

Constructor

A function that creates an object and initializes its state. Constructors can also initialize the state without creating the object.

Container Class

A class whose instances are collections of other objects in the system. Also called a package.

Function

Same as method. Used in MATLAB for consistency with other functions. Functions and methods are not quite the same, but are used interchangeably.

Handle

A means to access any object that Embedded IDE Link CC creates. Not used in this guide to refer to the object. Often the handle is the name you assign when you create the object. For example, cc is the object and handle when you create a ticcs object.

Inheritance

A relationship between classes. One class shares the structure (properties) and behavior (methods) defined in one or more other classes. Subclasses inherit from one or more superclasses, typically augmenting the superclass with their own properties and methods.

Instance

Something you can operate on. Instance and object are synonyms and this guide uses them interchangeably. Instantiate is the verb form — to create an instance of a class or object.

Instantiation

To create an object — an instance of a class.

Method

An operation on an object, defined as part of the class of the object. We call this a function.

Object

Something you can operate on. Objects that are the same class share similar structure and behavior. An object is a collection of properties and methods. Some programming sources call properties "variables." In all cases, an object is an instance of a class. Classes are abstract; objects are not.

Object Diagram

Shows the existence of objects and their relationships in the logical design of a system. Object diagrams can represent part or all of the class structure of a system.

Object-based Programming

Programming style that organizes programs as cooperative collections of objects.

Each object represents an instances of a type; where the types are members of an hierarchy, united through relationships that are not inheritance relationships. Compare to object-oriented programming.

Object-oriented Programming

Programming implementation that organizes programs as cooperative collections of objects.

Each object represents an instance of some class, and the classes are members of an hierarchy of classes united through inheritance relationships. Compare to object-based programming.

Property

Part of an object — treated as a variable at times. Also called attribute, it is part of the structure that defines the state of an object.

Subclass

A class that inherits from one or more classes, called its superclasses.

Superclass

A class that other classes inherit from. The inheriting classes are called subclasses.

State

The accumulated results of the behavior of an object. At any time, the state of an object encompasses the properties of the object and the values for each of the properties.

Structure

The concrete representation of the state of an object.

Memoryobj

An abstract class. The numeric and bitfield classes inherit properties and methods from this class, making this a superclass. You cannot create an instance of this class. Subclasses of the memoryobj class always describe objects that reside in DSP memory on your target.

Registerobj

An abstract class. The rnumeric class inherits properties and methods from this class, making this a superclass. You cannot create an instance of this class. Subclasses of the registerobj class always describe objects that reside in DSP registers on your target.

Numeric

A superclass from which the enum, pointer, and string subclasses inherit properties and methods. You can create an object of this class using createobj. Numeric inherits from the abstract class memoryobj.

Enum

A subclass of the numeric class. You can create an object of this class using createobj.

Pointer

A subclass of the numeric class. You can create an object of this class using createobj.

String

A subclass of the numeric class. You can create an object of this class using createobj.

Bitfield

A subclass of the memoryobj class. You can use createobj to make a bitfield object.

Rnumeric

A superclass from which the renum, rpointer, and rstring subclasses inherit properties and methods. You can create an object of this class using createobj. Rnumeric inherits from the abstract class registerobj.

Renum

A subclass of the registerobj class. You can create an object of this class using createobj.

Rpointer

A subclass of the registerobj class. You can create an object of this class using createobj.

Rstring

A subclass of the registerobj class. You can create an object of this class using createobj.

Function

A class containing information about a function in your project. createobj constructs this class directly.

Structure

A class containing information about a structure in memory on your target. createobj constructs this class directly.

Type

A class containing information about C type definitions in the source code for your project. Type objects are composition objects to ticcs objects. When you create a ticcs object, it includes a type object.