Constructor doesn`t work at all (Error using implicit default value of property in class)

I tried to initialize class properties but got error

"Error using implicit default value of property in class 'val1'. Value must greater than 0"

first I have made an example class

classdef myclass
    properties (access = public)
        val1 double {mustBeGreaterThan(val1,0)};
    end
    properties (access = private)
        val2 double {mustBeGreaterThan(val2,0)};
    end
    methods
        function obj = myclass()
            %constructor
            if nargin<1
                obj.val1 = 0.3;
                obj.val2 = 0.5;
            end
        end
    end
end

after making class, implement the codes

myclass_instance = myclass()

and it says error

"Error using implicit default value of property 'var1' in class 'myclass'. Value muse be greater than 0

why I got an error message? Is the property constraints are called faster than the constructor?

Then the only solution is to remove constraints?

What a mess language matlab it is!

Answer 1

[Matt J]

Your posted code produces an error, but not the one you claim. You've misspelled the "Access" attribute, but once that is fixed (see attached), the class instantiates as expected,

obj=myclass()

obj = 
  myclass with properties:

    val1: 0.3000

[Steven Lord]

I saw the same behavior as Matt J with the posted code in release R2022b. I suspect you may be using an older release and/or that you've specified a default value that doesn't satisfy your validator, though when I tried that I received a slightly different error message.

Rather than setting default values for the properties in the constructor, why not just set them in the property definitions themselves? Something along the lines of the attached. I added in a method to let us inspect the private property.

No inputs gives us the default values:

y = myclass

y = 
  myclass with properties:

    val1: 0.3000

displayVal2(y)

ans = 0.5000

1 input sets val1 but leaves val2 at the default.

y = myclass(1)

y = 
  myclass with properties:

    val1: 1

displayVal2(y)

ans = 0.5000

2 inputs sets both val1 and val2.

y = myclass(1, 2)

y = 
  myclass with properties:

    val1: 1

displayVal2(y)

ans = 2