Convert Matlab Handle class to C++

Question

I have a handle class in Matlab that I want to be able to use in C++. I already learned here that I can't just generate a C++ class, but have to wrap my class with functions. The example in the other question only shows the use of one member function in a wrapper function. However, I need to be able to call several member functions of my class.

As I cannot pass my class instance to the wrapper functions as per the Matlab documentation, I don't see a way of having several functions operate on the same object.

Is it not possible to do this?

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

You cannot have classes as input and output for the main function for which you generate code. But you can have any number of sub-functions called from your main function which can take the object as input. The object is typically created from your main function and passed to your sub-functions. You then generate code using codegen "main function name". The generated code contains all the sub-functions.

You also should use coder.inline('never') in your sub-functions so that they show up as separate functions in generated code.