How to store objects from different classes in one array and call the same function (definitions are different)?

Hello Everybody,

I have two subclasses:

• Line
• Arc

Their objects will be creating a path by appending them on their end. These have their own "plotCurve" methods. I want to store these objects in an arrayi in order such like:

path = [line1,line2,arc1,line3,arc2,arc3,line4,arc4,arc5...];

(I think "path" should be the object of superclass "Path")

when I code something like;

for i=1:size(path)
    path(i).plotCurve;
    hold on
end

the result should be show. I should be able to see the whole path. (So, when the object of "Line" comes "plotCurve" method should be run and same for Arc objects).

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

See this documentation page for how to implement your classes so you can create a heterogeneous array.

By the way, I recommend you avoid using path as a variable name. It already has a meaning in MATLAB.