Do I have to put get/set methods in the class definition in matlab ?

Question

Is one forced to place all get and set functions in the class definition file in Matlab ?

I'm asking since this really makes the file a bit messy and defeats the purpose of having a class definition folder.

Answer 1

Yes, if you use property set and get access methods (in fact any method with a dot in the name), you must include them within the classdef file, not in separate files. See the documentation.

However, if you have have a special reason to want to put as much as possible in separate files, you can define methods getMyProp and setMyProp in separate files, and then within the classdef file have the get.myProp and set.myProp functions call them.