MATLAB and Simulink Training

Object-Oriented Programming with MATLAB

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Course Details

Attendees will learn to use object-oriented programming techniques to develop and maintain complex MATLAB® applications. In addition, ideas from a test-driven development approach to foster software quality and flexibility are introduced. Topics include:
 
  • Defining robust, intuitive, and reusable custom data types
  • Creating maintainable and extensible applications via inheritance and aggregation
  • Making applications reliable and flexible with unit tests
  • Enabling object synchronization using events and listeners

Day 1 of 2


Creating Custom Data Types

Objective: Organize your files into packages. Learn some of the basic techniques and benefits of object-oriented programming and experience the differences between procedural and object-oriented programming.

  • Creating a namespace by storing multiple files in a package
  • Encapsulating data and functionality into a single class definition file
  • Documenting custom data types
  • Creating and using variables of custom data types

Designing a MATLAB Class

Objective: Make objects reliable by separating interface and implementation. Enhance code maintainability by avoiding code duplication. Customize standard operations for your classes.

  • Defining safe interactions via data access methods
  • Designing the public class interface with property and method attributes
  • Customizing standard operators for your class
  • Avoiding code duplication through internal refactoring

Building Class Hierarchies

Objective: Relate multiple similar classes via a common superclass. Extend the generic superclass by specializing its behavior in the subclasses.

  • Creating a superclass via abstraction
  • Inheriting from a superclass
  • Defining abstract properties and methods
  • Implementing specialized behavior in subclasses

Day 2 of 2


Facilitating Multiple References

Objective: Embed one class into another via aggregation. Distinguish the use cases for pass-by-value vs. pass-by-reference behavior. Define a class that exhibits reference behavior.

  • Creating a viewer class containing a data class
  • Writing context-sensitive (polymorphic) code
  • Referencing one data object from multiple viewer objects
  • Choosing between handle and value classes

Writing Unit Tests

Objective: Guarantee correct behavior by writing formal tests for the corresponding unit of code. Use the unit-testing framework provided within MATLAB. Enhance the quality and flexibility of your software.

  • Overview of the MATLAB unit testing framework
  • Writing a test method
  • Creating a test environment using setup and teardown methods
  • Parameterizing a test method
  • Testing for error conditions
  • Aggregating and running suites of tests

Synchronizing Objects

Objective: Automatically react to property changes using predefined events, listeners, and callbacks. Trigger function calls based on custom events.

  • Events, listeners, and callbacks
  • Using predefined property events
  • Querying class meta information
  • Defining property listeners
  • Implementing a callback function
  • Defining custom events and their callbacks

Level: Intermediate

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Duration: 2 days

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