## Copyright (C) 2011 Michael Goffioul
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {[@var{p}, @var{args}] =} __uiobject_split_args__ (@var{who}, @var{args}, @var{parent_type}, @var{use_gcf})
## @end deftypefn

## Author: goffioul

function [parent, args] = __uiobject_split_args__ (who, in_args, parent_type = {}, use_gcf = 1)

  parent = [];
  args = {};
  offset = 1;

  if (! isempty (in_args))
    if (ishandle (in_args{1}))
      parent = in_args{1};
      offset = 2;
    elseif (! ischar (in_args{1}))
      error ("%s: invalid parent handle.", who);
    endif

    args = in_args(offset:end);
  endif

  if (rem (length (args), 2))
    error ("%s: expecting PROPERTY/VALUE pairs", who);
  endif

  if (! isempty (args))
    i = find (strcmpi (args(1:2:end), "parent"), 1, "first");
    if (! isempty (i) && length (args) >= 2*i)
      parent = args{2*i};
      if (! ishandle (parent))
        error ("%s: invalid parent handle.", who);
      endif
      args([2*i-1, 2*i]) = [];
    endif
  endif

  if (! isempty (parent))
    if (! isempty (parent_type) && isempty (find (strcmpi (get (parent, "type"), parent_type))))
      error ("%s: invalid parent, the parent type must be: %s", ...
             who, sprintf ("%s, ", parent_type{:})(1:end-2));
    endif
  elseif (use_gcf)
    parent = gcf ();
  endif

endfunction