coder.descriptor.FunctionInterface Class

Namespace: coder.descriptor

Return information about entry-point functions

Description

The function interfaces are the entry-point functions in the generated code. The coder.descriptor.FunctionInterface object describes various properties for a specified function interface. The different types of function interfaces are:

• Allocation: Contains memory allocation code based on the target of the model. See model_initialize.

• Initialize: Contains initialization code for the model and is called once at the start of your application code. See model_initialize.

• Output: Contains the output code for the blocks in the model. See model_step.

• Update: Contains the update code for the blocks in the model. See model_step.

• Terminate: Contains the termination code for the model and is called as part of a system shutdown. See model_terminate.

Creation

functionInterface = getFunctionInterfaces(codeDescObj, functionInterfaceName) creates a coder.descriptor.FunctionInterface object. codeDescObj is the coder.codedescriptor.CodeDescriptor object created for the model by using the getCodeDescriptor function.

Input Arguments

functionInterfaceName — Name of function interface

Allocation | Initialize | Output | Update | Terminate

Name of the specified function interface.

Example: 'Output'

Data Types: string

Properties

Prototype — Description of function prototype

coder.descriptor.Prototype object

Description of the function prototype, including the function return value, name, arguments, header, and source file, specified as a coder.descriptor.Prototype object.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

ActualReturn — Return arguments from function

coder.descriptor.DataInterface object

Return arguments from the function, specified as a coder.descriptor.DataInterface object. When the function returns no data, this field is empty.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

VariantInfo — Variant conditions in model

coder.descriptor.VariantInfo object

Variant conditions in the model that interact with the function interface, specified as a coder.descriptor.VariantInfo object.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

FunctionOwner — Function owner

coder.descriptor.TypedRegion object

Function owner of the class that the function belongs to, specified as a coder.descriptor.TypedRegion object. For C code generation, this property is empty.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

Timing — Function access rate in target environment

coder.descriptor.TimingInterface object

Function access rate in the target environment, specified as a coder.descriptor.TimingInterface object.

Attributes:

GetAccess	public
SetAccess	public

ActualArgs — Input arguments to the function

coder.descriptor.DataInterfaceList object

Input arguments to the function, specified as a coder.descriptor.DataInterfaceList object. When there is no data passed as an argument to the function, this property is empty.

Attributes:

GetAccess

public

Examples

Get All Function Interface Types

1. Open the model.

   openExample(‘CustomCodeComments’)

2. Build the model.

   slbuild('CustomCodeComments')

3. Create a coder.codedescriptor.CodeDescriptor object for the required model.

   codeDescObj = coder.getCodeDescriptor('rtwdemo_comments')
   

4. Return a list of all function interface types in the generated code.

   functionInterfaceTypes = getFunctionInterfaceTypes(codeDescObj)

       {'Initialize'}
       {'Output'    }

5. Return properties of a specified function interface in the generated code.

   functionInterface = getFunctionInterfaces(codeDescObj,'Output')

           Prototype: [1×1 coder.descriptor.types.Prototype]
        ActualReturn: [0×0 coder.descriptor.DataInterface]
         VariantInfo: [0×0 coder.descriptor.VariantInfo]
              Timing: [1×1 coder.descriptor.TimingInterface]
          ActualArgs: [1x0 coder.descriptor.DataInterface List]

Version History

Introduced in R2018a