checkClass - inspect a Java/Matlab/Python/​COM/C++/.NET class

inspect a Java/MCOS/Python/COM/C++/.NET object or name and display its methods, properties, events, superclasses, subclasses, constants etc.

checkClass inspects the specified Java, Matlab (MCOS), .NET, Python, C++ (CLib), or COM (ActiveX) object reference or class-name, and reports its superclass(es), interfaces, new/modified methods, super/sub-classes, properties, events, constants, enumerations and annotations.

metadata = checkClass(...) returns a meta.class or meta.package object that encapsulates the input object.

This utility complements the more detailed UIINSPECT utility by being Command-Prompt based and also by highlighting the object components that were modified in the inspected class compared to its parent superclass.

Syntax:

checkClass(className)

checkClass(objectReference)

checkClass(..., level) % default level=1 % Note: changed default in v1.32!

metadata = checkClass(...)

Usage examples:

% Java objects/classes

checkClass('java.lang.String')

checkClass(javax.swing.JButton)

jButton = javax.swing.JButton('Click me!');

jButton.checkClass; % or: checkClass(jButton)

checkClass(com.mathworks.mwswing.MJToolBar)

checkClass(com.mathworks.mde.desk.MLDesktop.getInstance)

% Matlab (MCOS) objects/classes/packages

checkClass(gcf)

checkClass('matlab.ui.Figure')

checkClass matlab.ui.Figure % equivalent to above

checkClass matlab.ui.control % package name (contains classes, sub-packages)

% .NET objects/classes/packages

checkClass('NET.Assembly')

checkClass(System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess)

% Python objects/classes/modules

checkClass('py.inspect')

checkClass(py.importlib.import_module('calendar'))

Technical description:

http://UndocumentedMatlab.com/articles/checkclass

Bugs and suggestions:

Please send to Yair Altman (altmany at gmail dot com)