Handle class, what does it mean?

Regarding the _handle _class, you can see here that it mentions the following about this class: Objects that share references with other objects.

What does this mean?

Thanks.

Answer 1

[Matt J]

It means that when you make a change to 1 handle object, any copies of it will feel the same change. So for example, suppose I had

    classdef myclass<handle

     properties
      p;
     end

    end

Then I would get behavior like this:

>> handle1=myclass; handle2=handle1;

>> handle1.p=5; handle2.p

ans =

       5

>> handle1.p=7; handle2.p

ans =

       7