ype = type;
            <span class="keyword">end</span>
        <span class="keyword">end</span>
    <span class="keyword">end</span>
</pre><h2 id="5">Abstract methods</h2><pre class="codeinput">    methods (Abstract)
        <span class="comment">%------------------------------------------------------------------</span>
         <span class="comment">% Evaluate shape function at a given point.</span>
         N = shapeFnc(this,Xn)

         <span class="comment">%------------------------------------------