Hi all,
Longtime listener, first time caller. I'm attempting to augment an abstract superclass with a method that calls (concrete) methods from a subclass. In the example below, I would like to call ChildClass.doC() and see, in the Command Window:
Child class, doA()
Child class, doB()
Here is my MWE.
classdef (Abstract) ParentClass %PARENTCLASS Testing properties of abstract classes
methods (Abstract = true, Static = true) doA(); doB(); end methods (Static = true) function doC() doA(); doB(); end endend
classdef ChildClass < ParentClass %CHILDCLASS Testing properties of abstract classes
methods (Static = true) function doA() disp('Child class, doA()') end function doB() disp('Child class, doB()') end endend
Upon the call to ChildClass.doC(), what I would like is for MATLAB to call ParentClass.doC(), realize that doA() and doB() are abstract methods, and go back `up' the call chain to ChildClass.doA(), ChildClass.doB(). I've been told this is a construct in C++, not sure if its possible here.
I'm doing this because I have many classes that inherit from ParentClass, and each implement their own version of doA(), doB(). These functions are typically used together, and I would like to make a `shorthand' a. la doC() in the parent class without having to write a seperate doC() method for each subclass. Thanks.
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