## Copyright (C) 2008 Ben Abbott
## 
## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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## 
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## 
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} cla ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} cla ("reset")
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} cla (@var{hax})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} cla (@var{hax}, "reset")
## Delete the children of the current axes with visible handles.
## If @var{hax} is specified and is an axes object handle, operate on it
## instead of the current axes.  If the optional argument @code{"reset"}
## is specified, also delete the children with hidden handles.
## @seealso{clf}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Ben Abbott <bpabbott@mac.com>
## Created: 2008-10-03

## PKG_ADD: mark_as_command cla

function cla (varargin)

  if (nargin > 2)
    print_usage ();
  elseif (nargin > 1)
    if (ishandle (varargin{1})
	&& strcmp (get (varargin{1}, "type"), "axes")
	&& ischar (varargin{2}) && strcmpi (varargin{2}, "reset"))
      oldhax = gca;
      hax = varargin{1};
      do_reset = true;
    else
      print_usage ();
    endif
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    if (ishandle (varargin{1})
	&& strcmp (get (varargin{1}, "type"), "axes"))
      oldhax = gca;
      hax = varargin{1};
      do_reset = false;
    elseif (ischar (varargin{1}) && strcmpi (varargin{1}, "reset"))
      hax = gca;
      oldhax = hax;
      do_reset = true;
    else
      print_usage ();
    endif
  else
    hax = gca;
    oldhax = hax;
    do_reset = false;
  end

  if (do_reset)
    hc = get (hax, "children");
  else
    hc = findobj (get (hax, "children"), "flat", "visible", "on");
    hc = setdiff (hc, hax);
  end

  ## Delete the children of the axis.
  delete (hc);

  ## FIXME: The defaults should be "reset()" below, but so far there is
  ## no method to determine the defaults, much less return an object's
  ## properties to their default values.  Instead make a close
  ## approximation.

  axes (hax);
  axis auto

  ## Set the current axis back to where it was upon entry.
  axes (oldhax);

endfunction