Is there a way to access a class self attributes?

[eloi.sanchez]

Let's say I am the class "Human", how can I read the values of my own attributes set by an external code to use them in my own methods?

Just like self in python

[eloi.sanchez]

What should I do if I want to use the value of the "number of fingers" attribute to perform the calculation required for, lets say, the "grab something" method?

[Yamaeda]

A class' attributes are accessed with a simple Unbundle by name in its methods.

External VI's need some access method, like get/set methods.

See "Human class" attached

[dkfire]

So in LabVIEW the class data is private. 
To read and write to the class data from outside one will need to create methods/vi's to accces the data. 

Within a class method you can use the unbundle/bundle by name to get access to the private data. 
In the class method, the class wire acts as cluster for data. 

[eloi.sanchez]

So the only way for the method "grab something" to access the attribute "number of fingers" is having the instance of the object "Human" wired as an input?

[Yamaeda · Accepted solution]

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@eloi.sanchez wrote:

So the only way for the method "grab something" to access the attribute "number of fingers" is having the instance of the object "Human" wired as an input?

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Maybe?

If Grab is a method of Human, then yes, you need your class wire attached. If Grab is a free VI then it depends. It might need a Hand-reference or just the integer Number of fingers and so on.

What are you trying to achieve?

[eloi.sanchez]

yes, in this Grab example it is a Human method.

I was wondering if there was a way to access a class attribute without having to change the connector panel.

I am redoing someone else's work and am looking for a way to do it in the most elegant and least intrusive way.

[Intaris]

Are you talking about CLASS attributes of OBJECT attributes?

A CLASS is a definition of the data structures and methods in the IDE. An OBJECT is what you instantiate in code.

Accessing attributes of a CLASS in code is a very different thing to accessing attributes of an OBJECT (of that class) in code.