MATLAB: Any way to get the “current” class

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Hi,
I am writing some object oriented code (with classdef), and it would be convenient for me to have a function like this:
meta.class.getCurrent()
Where it returns the metadata of the class in which it is called. In the event that the function is called from some other place (script or simple function) it should error
Is there a way to get that?
Thanks, Joan

Best Answer

This might be a start. (TODO: not a class, class in package, function in package.)
    >> MyTestClass.Update
    Class_name:  MyTestClass
    Method_name: Update
where
    classdef    MyTestClass  < handle
        methods ( Static )
            function    Update()
                [ cls, method ] = current_class();
                fprintf( 'Class_name:  %s\nMethod_name: %s\n', cls.Name, method )
            end
        end
    end
and
    function    [ cls, str ] = current_class( )
    %      
    %   See also: mfilename
        dbk = dbstack( 1, '-completenames' );
        if isempty( dbk )
            str = 'base';
        else
            str = dbk(1).name;
        end
        cac = regexp( str, '\.', 'split' );
        switch  numel( cac )
            case 1
            case 2
                cls = meta.class.fromName( cac{1} );
                str = cac{2};
            case 3
            otherwise
        end
    end
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