events - Event names - MATLAB (original) (raw)

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Description

events([ClassName](#d126e497610)) displays the names of non-hidden events with public ListenAccess for the MATLAB® class classname, including events inherited from superclasses.

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events([obj](#d126e497636)) displays the names of the public events for the class of obj, where obj is an instance of a MATLAB class. obj can be a scalar object or an array of objects.

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[e](#d126e497663) = events(___) returns the event names in a cell array.

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Examples

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Get the names of the public events of the handle class and store the result in a cell array of character vectors.

eventNames = events('handle');

List the events defined by the containers.Map class from an instance of this class.

m = containers.Map('May',70); events(m)

Events for class containers.Map:

ObjectBeingDestroyed

Input Arguments

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Class name, specified as a character vector or string.

Data Types: char | string

MATLAB object specified as a scalar object or an object array.

Output Arguments

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Event names contained in a cell array of character vectors.

More About

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An event is public when the value of its ListenAccess attribute is public and its Hidden attribute value is false (default values for both attributes). See Event Attributes for a complete list of attributes.

events is also a MATLAB class-definition keyword. See classdef for more information on class definition keywords.

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced in R2008a