[ARROW-15650] [MATLAB] Rename the MEX gateway function

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.0.0
• Component/s: MATLAB
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/31107
• Assignee: Fiona La
• Reporter: Fiona La
• Created: 10/Feb/22 16:03
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:38
• Resolved: 03/Mar/22 03:14

Description

Currently the main MEX function is named mexfcn. mexfcn delegates to C++ functions that implement the functionality of the MATLAB Interface to Arrow. 

When the interface is installed, the name, mexfcn, is on the global MATLAB Search Path and may cause conflicts with functionality outside of the MATLAB Interface to Arrow. 

This issue proposes the following changes:

• Rename the MEX function to call.
• Install the MEX function to the MATLAB package folder hierarchy: +arrow/+cpp.
• Install all dependencies of the MEX function to the same package folder hierarchy.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12424