addProperty

Define a custom property for a stereotype

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Syntax

property = addProperty(stereotype,name)
property = addProperty(stereotype,name,Name,Value)

Description

property = addProperty(stereotype,name) returns a new property definition with name that is contained in stereotype.

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property = addProperty(stereotype,name,Name,Value)returns a property definition that is configured with specified property values.

Examples

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Add a component stereotype and add a 'VoltageRating' property with value 5. 

profile = systemcomposer.profile.Profile.createProfile('myProfile');
stereotype = addStereotype(profile,'electricalComponent','AppliesTo','Component');
property = addProperty(stereotype,'VoltageRating','DefaultValue','5');

Input Arguments

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Stereotype to which property is added, specified as a systemcomposer.profile.Stereotype object.

Name of property unique within the stereotype, specified as a character vector.

Data Types: char

Name-Value Pair Arguments

Specify optional comma-separated pairs of Name,Value arguments. Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name must appear inside quotes. You can specify several name and value pair arguments in any order as Name1,Value1,...,NameN,ValueN.

Example: 'Type', 'double'

Type of this property. One of valid data types or the name of a MATLAB class that defines an enumeration. For more information, see Use Enumerated Data in Simulink Models.

Example: addProperty(stereotype,'Color','Type','BasicColors')

Data Types: char

Dimensions of property, specified as a positive integer array. Empty implies no restriction.

Data Types: double

Optional minimum value of this property. To set both 'Min' and 'Max' together, use the setMinAndMax method.

Example: setMinAndMax(property, min, max)

Data Types: double

Optional maximum value of this property. To set both 'Min' and 'Max' together, use the setMinAndMax method.

Example: setMinAndMax(property, min, max)

Data Types: double

Units of the property value, specified as a character vector. If specified, all values of this property on model elements are checked for consistency with these units according to Simulink unit checking rules. For more information, see Unit Consistency Checking and Propagation.

Data Types: char

Default value of this property, specified as a string expression or a cell array of string value and string unit.

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

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Created property, returned as a systemcomposer.profile.Property object.

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Introduced in R2019a

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