matlab oop "use data of hole class" for calculation - matlab

Question

First, sorry for the bad title - I'm new to OO programming - basically I'd like to understand how Matlab works with oop classes.
Before I ask my question, here is a basic example of what I want to do:
I have two houses and some data about them and I got the idea, to work with oop classes. Here is my .m file.
classdef building
properties
hohe = 0;
lange = 0;
breite = 0;
xabstandsolar = 0;
yabstandsolar = 0;
end
methods
function obj = building(hohe, lange, breite, xabstandsolar, yabstandsolar)
obj.hohe = hohe;
obj.lange = lange;
obj.breite = breite;
obj.xabstandsolar = xabstandsolar;
obj.yabstandsolar = yabstandsolar;
end
function hohenwinkel(h)
h = h
d = sqrt(obj.xabstandsolar^2 + yabstandsolar^2);
gamma_v = atand((obj.hohe - h)/(d));
end
end
end
I filled it with some data - for example
>>H1 = building(10,8,6,14,8)
>>H2 = building(18,8,6,14,0)
And now I want to calculate "gamma_v" (as an 1x2 array) for each building. Any ideas, how I can archive this?
Edit:
I want to create gamma_v (as an array) automatically for all objects in the class "building". There will be a lot more "houses" in the final script.

Answer 1

Your hohenwinkel method needs to accept two input arguments. The first argument for non-static methods is always the object itself (unlike C++, you'll have to explicitly list it as an input argument) and the second input will be your h variable. You'll also want to actually return the gamma_v value using an output argument for your method.
function gamma_v = hohenwinkel(obj, h)
d = sqrt(obj.xabstandsolar^2 + obj.yabstandsolar^2);
gamma_v = atand((obj.hohe - h)/(d));
end
Then you can invoke this method on each building to get the value
gamma_v1 = hohenwinkel(H1);
gamma_v2 = hohenwinkel(H2);
If you want to have an array of buildings, you can create that array
houses = [building(10,8,6,14,8), building(18,8,6,14,0)];
gamma_v = hohenwinkel(houses);
and then construct your hohenwinkel function to operate on each one and return the result
function gamma_v = hohenwinkel(obj, h)
if numel(obj) > 1
% Compute hohenwinkel for each one
gamma_v = arrayfun(#(x)hohenwinkel(x, h), obj);
return
end
d = sqrt(obj.xabstandsolar^2 + obj.yabstandsolar^2);
gamma_v = atand((obj.hohe - h)/(d));
end

Answer 2

there is some tricky solution (and its not recommended)(#Suever solution is better)
you should create a handle class
classdef gvclass<handle
properties
gvarr=[];
end
methods
function setgvarr(obj,value)
obj.gvarr=[obj.gvarr,value];
end
end
end
then use this class in your building class
classdef building<handle
properties
gv
hohe = 0;
lange = 0;
breite = 0;
xabstandsolar = 0;
yabstandsolar = 0;
end
methods
function obj = building(hohe, lange, breite, xabstandsolar, yabstandsolar,handle_of_your_gv_class,h)
obj.hohe = hohe;
obj.lange = lange;
obj.breite = breite;
obj.xabstandsolar = xabstandsolar;
obj.yabstandsolar = yabstandsolar;
obj.gv=handle_of_your_gv_class;
obj.hohenwinkel(h);
end
function hohenwinkel(obj,h)
d = sqrt(obj.xabstandsolar^2 + yabstandsolar^2);
gamma_v = atand((obj.hohe - h)/(d));
obj.gv.setgvarr(gamma_v);
end
end
end
finally before creating any building you should create an object of gv class and pass it to the building constructor,
Egv=gvclass();
H1 = building(10,8,6,14,8,Egv,2)
H2 = building(18,8,6,14,0,Egv,3)
and to access gv array:
Egv.gvarr
you should do more effort on this issue to debug possible errors.