## Copyright (C) 2013 Vytautas Jančauskas
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{value} =} get (@var{player}, @var{name})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{values} =} get (@var{player})
## Return the @var{value} of the property identified by @var{name}.
## If @var{name} is a cell array return the values of of the properties
## identified by the elements of the cell array.  Given only the
## player object, return a scalar structure with values of all
## properties of @var{player}.  The field names of the structure
## 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