Hide Inactive Properties

To display only active System object™ properties, use the isInactivePropertyImpl method. This method specifies whether a property is inactive. An inactive property is a property that does not affect the System object because of the value of other properties. When you pass the isInactiveProperty method a property and the method returns true, then that property is inactive and does not display when the disp function is called.

Specify Inactive Property

This example uses the isInactiveProperty method to check the value of a dependent property. For this System object, the InitialValue property is not relevant if the UseRandomInitialValue property is set to true. This isInactiveProperty method checks for that situation and if UseRandomInitialValue is true, returns true to hide the inactive InitialValue property.

methods (Access = protected)
  function flag = isInactivePropertyImpl(obj,propertyName)
    if strcmp(propertyName,'InitialValue')
      flag = obj.UseRandomInitialValue;
    else
      flag = false;
    end
  end
end

Complete Class Definition File with Inactive Properties Method

classdef Counter < matlab.System
  % Counter Increment a counter
  
  % These properties are nontunable. They cannot be changed
  % after the setup method has been called or when the
  % object is running.
  properties (Nontunable)
    % Allow the user to set the initial value
    UseRandomInitialValue = true
    InitialValue = 0
  end
  
  % The private count variable, which is tunable by default
  properties (Access = private)
    pCount
  end
  
  methods (Access = protected)
    % Increment the counter and return its value 
    % as an output
    function c = stepImpl(obj)
      obj.pCount = obj.pCount + 1;
      c = obj.pCount;
    end

    % Reset the counter to either a random value or the initial
    % value.
    function resetImpl(obj)
      if obj.UseRandomInitialValue
        obj.pCount = rand();
      else
        obj.pCount = obj.InitialValue;
      end
    end

    % This method controls visibility of the object's properties
    function flag = isInactivePropertyImpl(obj,propertyName)
      if strcmp(propertyName,'InitialValue')
        flag = obj.UseRandomInitialValue;
      else
        flag = false;
      end
    end
  end
end