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author	Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it>
date	Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:20:06 +0100
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0 f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	1 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	2 As of Version 2.4, LTPDA now supports extension modules. This should allow
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	3 users to extend LTPDA to provide more specific functionalities for their own
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	4 context.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	5 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	6 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	7 <ul>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	8 <li><a href="#whatis">What is an Extension Module?</a></li>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	9 <li><a href="#building">Building your own Extension Module</a></li>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	10 <li><a href="#installing">Installing Extension Modules</a></li>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	11 <li><a href="#newmethods">Adding New Methods</a></li>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	12 <li><a href="#userclasses">New User Classes</a></li>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	13 <li><a href="#unittests">Unit Tests</a></li>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	14 </ul>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	15 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	16 <br><br>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	17 <h2><a name="whatis">What is an Extension Module?</a></h2>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	18 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	19 Extension modules are a collection of class methods, new user classes, built-in models,
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	20 utility functions, examples, source files, and unit tests. All extension modules have the
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	21 following structure on disk:
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	22 <pre>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	23 My_Module/
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	24 \|-- README.txt
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	25 \|-- classes
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	26 \| \|-- README_classes.txt
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	27 \|-- examples
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	28 \|-- functions
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	29 \| \|-- README_functions.txt
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	30 \|-- jar
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	31 \| \|-- README_jar.txt
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	32 \|-- models
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	33 \| \|-- README_models.txt
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	34 \|-- moduleinfo.xml
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	35 \|-- pipelines
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	36 \| \|-- README_pipelines.txt
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	37 \|-- tests
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	38 \|-- README_tests.txt
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	39 \|-- classes
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	40 \| \|-- README_class_tests.txt
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	41 \|-- models
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	42 \|-- README_model_tests.txt
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	43 </pre>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	44 The file <tt>moduleinfo.xml</tt> contains the name and version of the module. It is
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	45 not necessary that the module name and the containing directory are the same, though
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	46 they may be. To build an extension module, see Section <a href="#building">Building your own Extension Module</a>. The various
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	47 directories and their uses are described in the following sections.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	48 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	49
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	50 <h3>classes</h3>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	51 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	52 The <tt>classes</tt> directory can contain either new LTPDA user classes (see Section <a href="#userclasses">New User Classes</a>)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	53 or by adding methods to existing LTPDA user classes (see Section <a href="#newmethods">Adding New Methods</a>).
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	54 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	55
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	56 <h3>examples</h3>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	57 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	58 The <tt>examples</tt> directory is meant to contain useful examples for users.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	59 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	60
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	61 <h3>jar</h3>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	62 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	63 Since MATLAB is built on top of java, one useful way to extend the functionalities is to create java classes and methods, or even
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	64 graphical user interfaces. The LTPDA startup script (<tt>ltpda_startup</tt>) will take care of properly installing any jar files (java archive files)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	65 contained within this directory.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	66 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	67
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	68 <h3>models</h3>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	69 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	70 Here you should place any built-in models, either for existing LTPDA user classes, or for new user classes defined in this module. The LTPDA
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	71 built-in model framework looks in this directory (and any sub-directories) for built-in models.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	72 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	73
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	74 <h3>pipelines</h3>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	75 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	76 This directory is meant to hold any LTPDA pipelines or analysis workflows which you want to distribute to users.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	77 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	78
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	79 <h3>tests</h3>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	80 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	81 The <tt>tests</tt> directory should contain unit-tests for all new class methods, user classes and built-in models in this module. For help in writing
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	82 unit tests see Section <a href="#unittests">Unit Tests</a>.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	83 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	84
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	85
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	86 <br><br>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	87 <h2><a name="building">Building your own Extension Module</a></h2>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	88
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	89 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	90 Building your own extension modules starts by preparing the directory structure on disk. For this
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	91 we have a convenient utility method:
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	92 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	93 <div class="fragment"><pre>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	94 >> utils.modules.buildModule(<span class="string">'/some/path/'</span>, <span class="string">'My_Module'</span>)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	95 </pre></div>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	96
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	97 <br><br>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	98 <h2><a name="installing">Installing Extension Modules</a></h2>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	99 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	100 Installing an LTPDA Extension Module is straightforward. Start the LTPDA Preferences:
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	101 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	102 <div class="fragment"><pre>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	103 >> LTPDAprefs
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	104 </pre></div>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	105 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	106 Select the 'Extensions' tab. Click the 'Browse' button to locate the module directory on disk, or directly type the path to the module in the input text field.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	107 Click the 'plus' button to add this extension to the list. You should see some activity on the MATLAB terminal as LTPDA will start installing any
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	108 extension methods for existing user classes. Removing an extension module is just a case of selecting the module in the list and clicking the 'minus'
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	109 button.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	110 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	111 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	112 <table cellspacing="0" class="note" summary="Note" cellpadding="5" border="1">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	113 <tr width="90%">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	114 <td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	115 Note: after installing an extension module, in order to make new methods available to the workbench, you need to rebuild the
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	116 library from the workbench menu: "Tools -> Rebuild LTPDA Library". This will take a couple of minutes, but afterwards
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	117 the new methods from the extension module should be available on the workbench.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	118 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	119 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	120 </table>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	121 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	122
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	123 <br><br>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	124 <h2><a name="newmethods">Adding New Methods</a></h2>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	125 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	126 New methods can be added to existing LTPDA user classes. For example, you can add a new method to the Analysis Object class (<tt>ao</tt>)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	127 by creating a sub-directory of the <tt>classes</tt> directory called <tt>ao</tt> then put your new method in there. For example, suppose
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	128 we want to create a new AO method called <tt>myCalibration</tt>. We create a directory <tt>ao</tt> in <tt>My_Module/classes</tt> then add
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	129 the new file <tt>myCalibration.m</tt> to that directory. In order for the new method to work, the LTPDA startup function <tt>ltpda_startup</tt>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	130 copies all methods for core LTPDA user classes in to their correct class directories. In order to write a correct LTPDA user-class method, it
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	131 is recommended to look at some examples, such as <tt>ao/abs</tt>, <tt>ao/average</tt>, or <tt>ao/psd</tt>. You can also extend other existing user
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	132 classes in the same way. Just make a directory of the correct class name (remember to leave off the <tt>@</tt> from the directory name; this is not supposed to
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	133 be a 'normal' MATLAB class directory) and put your new methods in there.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	134 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	135
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	136 <br><br>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	137 <h2><a name="userclasses">New User Classes</a></h2>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	138 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	139 This is an advanced topic, and it is assumed that you are familiary with
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	140 creating MATLAB classes already. To get familiar, read the MATLAB documentation on Object-Oriented Programming in the user manual.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	141 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	142 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	143 You can create new user classes in the <tt>classes</tt> directory. These follow MATLAB rules for classes, i.e., the directory name begins with a <tt>@</tt>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	144 and contains a constructor file with the same name. For example, suppose we want to create a new user class which stores trigger events from some experiment.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	145 Each trigger event has the following properties: a trigger time, an amplitude, and a frequency. We would create a new directory under <tt>classes</tt> called
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	146 <tt>@Trigger</tt> and an associated constructor file like this:
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	147
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	148 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	149 <div class="fragment"><pre>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	150 >> cd <span class="string">'My_Module/classes'</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	151 >> mkdir <span class="string">@Trigger</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	152 >> edit <span class="string">@Trigger/Trigger.m</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	153 </pre></div>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	154 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	155 The constructor file should declare that this new Trigger class is a subclass of the LTPDA user-object base class <tt>ltpda_uoh</tt>.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	156 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	157 <div class="fragment"><pre>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	158 <span class="comment">% TRIGGER constructor for Trigger class.</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	159 <span class="comment">%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	160 <span class="comment">%</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	161 <span class="comment">% DESCRIPTION: TRIGGER constructor for Trigger class.</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	162 <span class="comment">%</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	163 <span class="comment">% CONSTRUCTOR:</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	164 <span class="comment">%</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	165 <span class="comment">% t = Trigger() - creates an empty trigger object</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	166 <span class="comment">%</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	167 <span class="comment">% <a href="matlab:utils.helper.displayMethodInfo('Trigger', 'Trigger')">Parameter Sets</a></span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	168 <span class="comment">%</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	169 <span class="comment">% VERSION: $Id: extensions_intro_content.html,v 1.2 2011/04/29 07:23:31 hewitson Exp $</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	170 <span class="comment">%</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	171 <span class="comment">%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%</span>
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f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	173 classdef Trigger < ltpda_uoh
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	174
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	175 %---------- Public (read/write) Properties ----------
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	176 properties
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	177 time = time();
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	178 amplitude = [];
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	179 frequency = [];
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	180 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	181
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	182 methods
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	183 function obj = Trigger(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	184
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	185 import utils.const.*
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	186 utils.helper.msg(msg.PROC3, <span class="string">'running %s/%s'</span>, mfilename(<span class="string">'class'</span>), mfilename);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	187
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	188 <span class="comment">% do some initialisation of the object</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	189
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	190 end <span class="comment">% End constructor</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	191
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	192 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	193
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	194 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	195 </pre></div>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	196 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	197 Various methods need to be defined by any new user class, in particular, the following abstract methods need to be created:
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	198 <table cellspacing="0" class="body" cellpadding="4" border="2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	199 <colgroup>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	200 <col width="20%">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	201 <col width="80%">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	202 </colgroup>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	203 <thead>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	204 <tr valign="top">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	205 <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2">Method name</th>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	206 <th bgcolor="#B2B2B2">Description</th>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	207 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	208 </thead>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	209 <tbody>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	210 <!-- attachToDom -->
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	211 <tr valign="top">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	212 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	213 <p>attachToDom</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	214 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	215 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	216 <p>Defines how the object is serialized to an XML DOM.</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	217 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	218 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	219 <!-- char -->
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	220 <tr valign="top">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	221 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	222 <p>char</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	223 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	224 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	225 <p>Creates a character representation of the object, typically for use in display.</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	226 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	227 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	228 <!-- copy -->
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	229 <tr valign="top">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	230 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	231 <p>copy</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	232 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	233 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	234 <p>Makes a deep or shallow copy of the object, depending on the passed argument.</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	235 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	236 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	237 <!-- display -->
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	238 <tr valign="top">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	239 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	240 <p>display</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	241 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	242 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	243 <p>Defines how the object is displayed on the MATLAB terminal.</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	244 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	245 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	246 <!-- fromDom -->
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	247 <tr valign="top">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	248 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	249 <p>fromDom</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	250 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	251 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	252 <p>Constructs an object from an XML DOM.</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	253 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	254 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	255 <!-- loadobj -->
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	256 <tr valign="top">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	257 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	258 <p>loadobj</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	259 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	260 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	261 <p>This function is called is MATLAB is unable to load an object from a MAT file, for example if the class structure changes between versions. This gives an opportunity to update the loaded structure before trying to create an object from it. For more details, see MATLAB's help topic <tt>>>help loadobj</tt></p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	262 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	263 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	264 <!-- update_struct -->
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	265 <tr valign="top">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	266 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	267 <p>update_struct</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	268 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	269 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	270 <p>Define rules how to update structure representation of an object between versions.</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	271 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	272 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	273 <!-- generateConstructorPlist -->
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	274 <tr valign="top">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	275 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	276 <p>generateConstructorPlist</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	277 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	278 <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	279 <p>Given an instance of the user object, this method generates a plist which can be used to construct an object with the same properties.</p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	280 </td>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	281 </tr>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	282 </tbody>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	283 </table>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	284 In most cases, copying these methods from an existing LTPDA user class, for example, <tt>ao</tt>, is a good start.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	285 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	286 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	287 In addition to defining these abstract methods, you typically need to overload some static methods (which we usually place inside the class constructor file). The following
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	288 code fragment shows the necessary methods needed to complete our Trigger example.
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	289 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	290
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	291 <div class="fragment"><pre>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	292 methods (Static)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	293
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	294 <span class="comment">% This provides the hook for the command <tt><class>.getBuiltInModels</tt>. </span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	295 function mdls = getBuiltInModels(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	296 mdls = ltpda_uo.getBuiltInModels(<span class="string">'Trigger'</span>);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	297 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	298
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	299 <span class="comment">% Here we typically return the CVS version or some other version string </span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	300 function out = VEROUT()
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	301 out = <span class="string">'$Id: extensions_intro_content.html,v 1.2 2011/04/29 07:23:31 hewitson Exp $'</span>;
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	302 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	303
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	304 <span class="comment">% This provides the hook for the command <tt><class>.getInfo</tt>. </span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	305 function ii = getInfo(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	306 ii = utils.helper.generic_getInfo(varargin{:}, <span class="string">'Trigger'</span>);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	307 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	308
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	309 <span class="comment">% Here we return a list of parameter sets that this constructor can handle. </span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	310 function out = SETS()
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	311 out = [SETS@ltpda_uoh, ...
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	312 {'<span class="string">Default'</span>} ...
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	313 ];
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	314 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	315
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	316
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	317 <span class="comment">% This returns a parameter list for a given parameter set. </span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	318 <span class="comment">% The use of the MATLAB 'persistent' keyword means we don't repeatedly build the same plist.</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	319 function plout = getDefaultPlist(set)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	320 persistent pl;
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	321 persistent lastset;
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	322 if exist(<span class="string">'pl'</span>, <span class="string">'var'</span>)==0 \|\| isempty(pl) \|\| ~strcmp(lastset, set)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	323 pl = Trigger.buildplist(set);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	324 lastset = set;
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	325 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	326 plout = pl;
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	327 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	328
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	329 <span class="comment">% This builds a parameter list for the given set name. </span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	330 function out = buildplist(set)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	331
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	332 if ~utils.helper.ismember(lower(Trigger.SETS), lower(set))
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	333 error(<span class="string">'### Unknown set [%s]'</span>, set);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	334 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	335
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	336 out = plist();
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	337 out = Trigger.addGlobalKeys(out);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	338 out = buildplist@ltpda_uoh(out, set);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	339
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	340 <span class="comment">% Build the requested parameter list.</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	341 switch lower(set)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	342 case <span class="string">'Default'</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	343 % time
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	344 p = param({<span class="string">'time'</span>,<span class="string">'The time of the trigger. Give either a string representation or a time object.'</span>}, paramValue.EMPTY_STRING);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	345 out.append(p);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	346
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	347 % amplitude
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	348 p = param({<span class="string">'amplitude'</span>,<span class="string">'The trigger amplitude.'</span>}, paramValue.EMPTY_DOUBLE);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	349 out.append(p);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	350
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	351 % frequency
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	352 p = param({<span class="string">'frequency'</span>,<span class="string">'The trigger frequency.'</span>}, paramValue.EMPTY_DOUBLE);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	353 out.append(p);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	354
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	355 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	356 end % function out = getDefaultPlist(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	357
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	358 <span class="comment">% This creates arrays of the given size containing empty Trigger objects.</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	359 function obj = initObjectWithSize(n,m)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	360 obj = Trigger.newarray([n m]);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	361 for ii = 1:numel(obj)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	362 obj(ii).UUID = char(java.util.UUID.randomUUID);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	363 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	364 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	365
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	366 end <span class="comment">% End static methods</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	367
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	368 methods (Static, Access=protected)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	369
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	370 <span class="comment">% Global keys are added to all parameter lists so that properties common to all</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	371 <span class="comment">% user objects can be set.</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	372 function pl = removeGlobalKeys(pl)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	373 pl.remove(<span class="string">'name'</span>);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	374 pl.remove(<span class="string">'description'</span>);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	375 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	376
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	377 function pl = addGlobalKeys(pl)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	378 % Name
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	379 p = param({<span class="string">'Name'</span>,<span class="string">'The name of the constructed trigger object.'</span>}, paramValue.STRING_VALUE(<span class="string">'None'</span>));
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	380 pl.append(p);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	381
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	382 % Description
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	383 p = param({<span class="string">'Description'</span>,<span class="string">'The description of the constructed trigger object.'</span>}, paramValue.EMPTY_STRING);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	384 pl.append(p);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	385 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	386
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	387 end <span class="comment">% End static, private methods</span>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	388
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	389 methods (Static = true, Hidden = true)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	390 varargout = loadobj(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	391 varargout = update_struct(varargin);
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	392 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	393
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	394 methods
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	395 varargout = char(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	396 varargout = display(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	397 varargout = copy(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	398 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	399
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	400 methods (Hidden = true)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	401 varargout = attachToDom(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	402 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	403
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	404 methods (Access = protected)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	405 obj = fromStruct(obj, a_struct)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	406 varargout = fromDom(varargin)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	407 end
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	408 </pre></div>
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f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	411 <br><br>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	412 <h2><a name="unittests">Unit Tests</a></h2>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	413
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	414 <p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	415 LTPDA provides a unit test framework that aims to make it easy to test your new methods, classes and built-in models. Unit tests are methods of a
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	416 unit test class. These unit test classes should inherit from one of the base classes <tt>ltpda_utp</tt> or <tt>ltpda_builtin_model_utp</tt>. The
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	417 directory <tt>ltpda_toolbox/ltpda/classes/tests/</tt> contains these test classes and examples for testing classes and built-in models. To run
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	418 the unit tests you can use the unit test runner class <tt>ltpda_test_runner</tt>. For example,
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	419 </p>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	420 <div class="fragment"><pre>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	421 >> ltpda_test_runner.RUN_ALL_TESTS
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	422 >> ltpda_test_runner.RUN_TESTS(<span class="string">'@my_class_tests'</span>)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	423 >> ltpda_test_runner.RUN_TESTS(<span class="string">'@my_class_tests'</span>, <span class="string">'test_a_particular_method_feature'</span>)
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	424 </pre></div>
f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	425
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f0afece42f48 Import. Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it> parents: diff changeset	427

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