## Copyright (C) 2010 Martin Hepperle
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{cstr} =} inputdlg (@var{prompt})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{cstr} =} inputdlg (@var{prompt}, @var{title})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{cstr} =} inputdlg (@var{prompt}, @var{title}, @var{rowscols})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{cstr} =} inputdlg (@var{prompt}, @var{title}, @var{rowscols}, @var{defaults})
## Return user input from a multi-textfield dialog box in a cell array
## of strings, or an empty cell array if the dialog is closed by the
## Cancel button.
##
## Inputs:
##
## @table @var
## @item prompt
## A cell array with strings labeling each text field.  This input is required. 
##
## @item title
## String to use for the caption of the dialog.  The default is "Input Dialog".
##
## @item rowscols
## Specifies the size of the text fields and can take three forms:
##
## @enumerate
## @item a scalar value which defines the number of rows used for each
## text field.
##
## @item a vector which defines the individual number of rows
## used for each text field. 
##
## @item a matrix which defines the individual number of rows and
## columns used for each text field.  In the matrix each row describes
## a single text field.  The first column specifies the number of input
## rows to use and the second column specifies the text field width.
## @end enumerate
##
## @item defaults
## A list of default values to place in each text fields.  It must be
## a cell array of strings with the same size as @var{prompt}.
## @end table
## @seealso{errordlg, helpdlg, listdlg, msgbox, questdlg, warndlg}
## @end deftypefn

function cstr = inputdlg (prompt, title = "Input Dialog", varargin)

  if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 4)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (iscell (prompt))
    ## Silently extract only char elements
    prompt = prompt(cellfun ("ischar", prompt));
  elseif (ischar (prompt))
    prompt = {prompt};
  else
    error ("inputdlg: PROMPT must be a character string or cellstr array");
  endif

  if (! ischar (title))
    error ("inputdlg: TITLE must be a character string");
  endif

  switch (numel (varargin))
    case 0
      linespec = 1;
      defaults = cellstr (cell (size (prompt)));

    case 1
      linespec = varargin{1};
      defaults = cellstr (cell (size (prompt)));

    case 2
      linespec = varargin{1};
      defaults = varargin{2};
  endswitch

  ## specification of text field sizes as in Matlab 
  ## Matlab requires a matrix for linespec, not a cell array...
  ## rc = [1,10; 2,20; 3,30];
  ##     c1  c2
  ## r1  1   10   first  text field is 1x10
  ## r2  2   20   second text field is 2x20
  ## r3  3   30   third  text field is 3x30
  if (isscalar (linespec))
    ## only scalar value in lineTo, copy from linespec and add defaults
    rowscols = zeros (columns (prompt), 2);
    ## cols
    rowscols(:,2) = 25;
    rowscols(:,1) = linespec;
  elseif (isvector (linespec))
      ## only one column in lineTo, copy from vector linespec and add defaults
      rowscols = zeros (columns (prompt), 2);
      ## rows from colum vector linespec, columns are set to default
      rowscols(:,2) = 25;
      rowscols(:,1) = linespec(:);
  elseif (ismatrix (linespec))
    if (rows (linespec) == columns (prompt) && columns (linespec) == 2)
      ## (rows x columns) match, copy array linespec
      rowscols = linespec;
    else
      error ("inputdlg: ROWSCOLS matrix does not match size of PROMPT");
    endif

  else
    ## dunno
    error ("inputdlg: unknown form of ROWSCOLS argument");
  endif
  
  ## convert numeric values in defaults cell array to strings
  defs = cellfun (@num2str, defaults, "UniformOutput", false);
  rc = arrayfun (@num2str, rowscols, "UniformOutput", false);

  user_inputs = java_invoke ("org.octave.JDialogBox", "inputdlg",
                             prompt, title, rc, defs);
  
   if (isempty (user_inputs))
     cstr = {};
   else
     cstr = cellstr (user_inputs);
   endif

endfunction