The MATLAB mapping for a Slice sequence varies depending on the element type of the sequence:
| Element Type | Mapped Type |
|---|---|
bool | Numeric array of logical |
| Numeric | Numeric array of the corresponding basic type |
string | Cell array of |
struct | Cell array of instances |
enum | Cell array of enumerators |
sequence | Cell array of the mapped element type |
dictionary | Cell array of the mapped element type |
class | containers.Map |
Sequences of boolean and numeric types are mapped to numeric arrays for the sake of efficiency. Sequences of most other types are mapped to cell arrays containing instances of the mapped element type.
Notice that a sequence whose element type is a Slice class maps to containers.Map, which is necessary to support the Ice run time's unmarshaling requirements. The map uses a key type of int32 and a value type of any. When sending such a sequence, the map's keys must be unique but no special meaning is assigned to them; the keys are not marshaled with the sequence. When receiving a sequence, the map's keys are ordered consecutively starting at index 1.
For sequences of user-defined types, the mapping generates a class with the same name as the sequence. This class contains only marshaling code and therefore we do not describe it here.