User`s guide

4 Using MWArra y Classes

Java Interfaces Implemented by MWArray

Interface

Method in MWArray

Base Class

Description of

Method

Cloneable clone

(public method)

Produces a new

MWArray object that

contains a deep copy

of the un derlying

MATLAB array.

Comparable compareTo

(public method)

Allows comparisons of

MWArraysfororder.

Internally, this

method does a

byte-wise compa rison

of the native buffer.

Therefore,

MWArray

has a natural ordering

that is based on a

combination of the

array’s MATLAB type,

size, and shape.

Serializable writeObject

readObject

(private methods)

Provides serialization

support is as required

by the

Serializable

interface.

Additional MWArray Methods

MWArray

also implements several base class methods that are common to all

MWArray subclasses. These methods are shown in the following table.

Method Usage

MWArray()

Constructs an empty array.

classID()

Returns the MATLAB type of the array.

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