Object-Oriented-Programming

CoDeSys 3.5
Andrew Aung
12-May-2023
 Object Oriented Programming
Different between Procedural programming and OOP

• Object oriented looks at the world and how the single components
(objects) act with each other. The data plus the methods and
properties are bundled up and encapsulated. The program is built
from bottom up based on the objects.

• Procedural programming segments the task into subfunctions over

functional decomposition. This is based on a top-down method where
steps in the program are done in sequence. The handling of variables
and data structures are done over functions.

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Terms

• Terms used when talking about OOP are

✓ Interface
✓ Class
✓ Method
✓ Property
✓ Object
✓ Inheritance
✓ Polymorphing

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Interface

• An interface describes how an object

will act with the around environment

• The interface consists out of methods and

properties
• There is no program code inside the
interface

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Interface

Here an inheritance from an interface can be

done through Extends

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Class

• As class describes a group from which

an object can come from

• A class can inherite from another class

• A class can implement an interfaces
• In the class the program code is written

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Class

• To make a class you use the function

block POU

Inheritance from another class

Allocation of the interface of the class

Access type of the class

Final
Public
Private
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Method

• A method is an enclosed code for an

explicit functionality

• Methods are part of a class

• A method can have variables need ed to
be handed over

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Method

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Method

• A method can have the access types

✓ Public
✓ Private
✓ Internal
✓ Final

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Property

• A Property is a special method that

lets you interact with the

• A property consist out of two special

methods
• The set method allows you to write to the
property
• The get method allows you to read from
the property

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 Object Oriented Programming
Property

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 Object Oriented Programming
Property

• A property can have the access types

✓ Public
✓ Private
✓ Internal
✓ Final

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Object

• An object is the instanciation of a

class

• Works the same as a function block

when declaring

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Inheritance
• Inheritance is defined through using the
word EXTENDS
• Through inheritance a class can use all
methods and properties of the previous
class
• The inheriting class can override a method
• To access the method of the parent class
the super pointer can be used
SUPER^.<method>
• To access local methods THIS^.<method>
is used
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Polymorphing

• Polymorphing is using the same

interface in different types of objects

Conveyor

Press

Loader

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 Variables
Var_Config

• The variables definition type VAR_CONFIG allows you map

physical IO to function blocks, classes as also program
• They can be used as placeholder to define the direct address
later
• The Physical addresses are all located in the same area
• A program can be written without having the specific IO
address available

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Var_Config

• In the declaration of the POU the

placeholder is allocated with the
AT %I* or AT %Q*
syntax

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Var_Config
• A global variable list has to be
VAR_CONFIG
generated with the declaration space
END_VAR

Inside this space the exact declaration

tree of the explicit variable has to be
named followed by the address

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