## Copyright (C) 2013 Vytautas Jančauskas
##
## This file is part of Octave.
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn{Function File} @var{Value} = get (@var{playerObj}, @var{Name})
## Returns the @var{Value} of the property identified by @var{Name}.
## @end deftypefn
## @deftypefn{Function File} @var{Values} = get (@var{playerObj}, @{@var{Name1}, ... , @var{NameN}@})
## Returns the @var{Values} of the properties identified by @var{Name1} to @var{NameN}.
## @end deftypefn
## @deftypefn{Function File} @var{Values} = get (@var{playerObj})
## Returns a scalar structure with values of all properties of @var{playerObj}. 
## The field names correspond to property names.
## @end deftypefn

function result = get (varargin)
  player = varargin{1};
  properties = __get_properties__ (player);
  if nargin == 1
    result = properties;
  elseif nargin == 2
    if ischar (varargin{2})
      result = getfield (properties, varargin{2});
    else
      result = {};
      index = 1;
      for property = varargin{2}
        result{index} = getfield (properties, char(property));
        index = index + 1;
      endfor
    endif
  else
    error ('audioplayer: wrong number of arguments to the get method');
  endif
endfunction