How can I declare class member data public?

I would like to make class member data accessible from non-member functions through subscript (dot) notation, as in C++.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This behavior is supported by implementing the SUBSREF and SUBSASGN members for an object. These are invoked to handle the following cases:

A=MyClass(initial)

out = A(I)% Invoke out=A.SUBSREF(A,S)
out = A{I}
out = A.field

A(I) = in% Invoke A.SUBSASN(A,S,in)
A{I} = in
A.field = in

where S is a structure that describes the type of indexing.

More information about the SUBSASGN and SUBSREF commands can be found here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/subsasgn.html

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/subsref.html

[Steven Lord]

If the class does not overload indexing, see the "Access to Property Values" section on this documentation page. By default, class properties have public Access and so anyone with access to the object can get or set the property value.