Using .NET Properties

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How MATLAB Represents .NET Properties How MATLAB Maps C# Property and Field Access Modifiers

How MATLAB Represents .NET Properties

To view property names, use the properties function.

To get and set the value of a class property, use the MATLAB dot notation:

x = ClassName.PropertyName;
ClassName.PropertyName = y;

The following example gets the value of a property (the current day of the month):

obj = System.DateTime.Now;
d = obj.Day;

The following example sets the value of a property (the Volume for a SpeechSynthesizer object):

NET.addAssembly('System.Speech');
obj = System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer;
obj.Volume = 50;
Speak(obj,'You can use .NET Libraries in MATLAB');

To set a static property, you must call the NET.setStaticProperty function . For an example, see Set Static .NET Properties.

MATLAB represents public .NET fields as properties.

MATLAB represents .NET properties that take an argument as methods. For more information, see Call .NET Properties That Take an Argument.

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How MATLAB Maps C# Property and Field Access Modifiers

MATLAB maps C# keywords to MATLAB property attributes, as shown in the following table.

C# Property Keyword	MATLAB Attribute
public, static	Access = public
protected, private, internal	Not visible to MATLAB
get, set	Access = public
Get	GetAccess = public, SetAccess = private
Set	SetAccess = public, GetAccess = private

MATLAB maps C# keywords to MATLAB field attributes, as shown in the following table.

C# Field Keyword	MATLAB Mapping
public	Supported
protected, private, internal, protected internal	Not visible to MATLAB

For more information about MATLAB properties, see Property Attributes.

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Using a .NET Object

Using .NET Methods in MATLAB

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