## Copyright (C) 2005 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} get (@var{h}, @var{p})
## Return the named property @var{p} from the graphics handle @var{h}.
## If @var{p} is omitted, return the complete property list for @var{h}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = get (h, property)

  __uiobject_globals__;

  if (nargin == 1 || nargin == 2)
    if (ishandle (h))
      idx = __uiobject_handle2idx__ (h);
      obj = __uiobject_list__(idx).object;
      if (nargin == 2)
	if (ischar (property))
	  key = tolower (property);
	  if (isfield (obj, key))
	    retval = obj.(key);
	  else
	    error ("get: object has no property named `%s'", property);
	  endif
	else
	  error ("get: expecting property to be a character string");
	endif
      else
	retval = obj;
      endif
    else
      error ("get: invalid handle = %d", h);
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction