Getfem-Matlab Interface -- Using Matlab Object-Oriented features

Using Matlab Object-Oriented features

The basic functions of the getfem-matlab toolbox do not use any advanced matlab features (except that the handles to getfem objects are stored in a small matlab structure). But the toolbox comes with a set of Matlab objects, which encapsulate the handles and make them look as real matlab objects. The aim is not to provide extra-functionalities, but to have a better integration of the toolbox with matlab.

Here is an example of its use:

>> m=gf_mesh('cartesian',0:.1:1,0:.1:1) 
m = 
     id: 0
    cid: 0

>> m2=gfMesh('cartesian',0:.1:1,0:.1:1)
gfMesh object ID=1 [17512 bytes], dim=2, nbpts=121, nbcvs=100
% while m is a simple structure, m2 has been flagged by  matlab 
% as  an object of class gfMesh.  Since the display method for 
% these  objects  have  been  overloaded,  the  toolbox  displays  some 
% information about the mesh instead of the content of the structure.
>> gf_mesh_get(m,'nbpts')
ans =
   121
% pseudo member access (which calls gf_mesh_get(m2,'nbpts'))
>> m2.nbpts
ans =
   121

Refer to the OO-commands reference * for more details.

Getfem Matlab Interface

Using Matlab Object-Oriented features