--- a/m-toolbox/classes/@ltpda_uo/fromRepository.m	Mon Dec 05 16:20:06 2011 +0100
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/@ltpda_uo/fromRepository.m	Mon Dec 05 16:20:06 2011 +0100
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 % VERSION:     $Id: fromRepository.m,v 1.4 2010/03/16 19:16:20 ingo Exp $
 %
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-function [objs, plhout, ii] = fromRepository(obj, pli, ii)
+function [objs, plhout, ii] = fromRepository(obj, pl, ii)
   
   VERSION = 'ltpda_uo: $Id: fromRepository.m,v 1.4 2010/03/16 19:16:20 ingo Exp $';
   
@@ -20,22 +20,8 @@
   
   % Set the method version string in the minfo object
   ii.setMversion([VERSION '-->' ii.mversion]);
-  
-  % Check if the user supplied a DB connection
-  conn = find(pli, 'conn');
-  
-  % Add default values if necessary
-  if isempty(conn)
-    pl = combine(pli, ii.plists.pset('HOSTNAME', ''));
-  else
-    pl = pli;
-  end
-  
+    
   % Get parameters
-  hostname = find(pl, 'hostname');
-  database = find(pl, 'database');
-  user     = find(pl, 'username');
-  passwd   = find(pl, 'password');
   ids      = find(pl, 'id');
   cids     = find(pl, 'cid');
   bin      = find(pl, 'binary');
@@ -57,28 +43,15 @@
   %%% check if using binary or not: 'yes'/'no' or true/false or
   %%% 'true'/'false'
   bin = utils.prog.yes2true(bin);
-  
-  % do we have a connection?
-  closeConn = 0;
-  if isempty(conn)
-    closeConn = 1;
-    % Connect to repository
-    conn = utils.jmysql.connect(hostname, database, user, passwd);
-  end
-  if ~isa(conn, 'database') && ~isa(conn, 'mpipeline.repository.RepositoryConnection')
-    error('### connection to the database failed.');
-  end
+
+  % database connection
+  conn = LTPDADatabaseConnectionManager().connect(pl);
   
   if ~isempty(cids)
     for kk=1:numel(cids)
       cid = cids(kk);
-      if isa(conn, 'database')
-        % get the ids from the cid
-        ids = [ids utils.mysql.getObjIds(conn,cid)];
-      else
-        c_ids = double(mpipeline.repository.MySQLUtils.getObjectIDsFromCollectionID(conn, cid));
-        ids = [ids c_ids.'];
-      end
+      % get the ids from the cid
+      ids = [ids utils.repository.getCollectionIDs(conn, cid)];
     end
   end
   
@@ -96,62 +69,45 @@
     id = ids(kk);
     utils.helper.msg(utils.const.msg.OPROC2, 'retrieving ID %d', id);
     
-    %---- call database constructor
-    if bin
-      try
+    try
+      %---- call database constructor
+      if bin
         obj = ltpda_uo.retrieve(conn, 'binary', id);
-        
-      catch
-        
-        if ~conn.isConnected()
-          error('### There is something wrong with the connection.')
-        end
-        
-        warning('!!! Unable to do binary retrieval for object %d; trying to retrieve XML instead.', id);
+      else
         obj = ltpda_uo.retrieve(conn, id);
       end
-    else
-      obj = ltpda_uo.retrieve(conn, id);
-    end
-    
-    if ~strcmp(class(obj), requested_class)
-      error('### You have used the constructor ''%s'' but the object with id=%d is of class ''%s''', requested_class, id, class(obj));
-    end
-    
-    %  - remove connection object from plist first
-    if isempty(hostname) || isempty(database)
-      if isa(conn, 'database')
-        txt = textscan(conn.URL, '%s', 'Delimiter', '/', 'CollectOutput', 1);
-        plc = plist('hostname', txt{1}{3}, 'database', txt{1}{4});
-      else
-        plc = plist('hostname', char(conn.getHostname), 'database', char(conn.getDatabase));
+      
+      if ~strcmp(class(obj), requested_class)
+        error('### You have used the constructor ''%s'' but the object with id=%d is of class ''%s''', requested_class, id, class(obj));
+      end
+      
+      %---- remove the connection from the history plist
+      if plh.isparam('conn')
+        plh.remove('conn');
       end
-      plh = combine(pli, plc);
-    end
-    
-    %---- remove the connection from the history plist
-    if plh.isparam('conn')
-      plh.remove('conn');
+      
+      %---- Set only the ID of the current object to the plist
+      plh.pset('ID', id);
+      
+      %---- Add history-plist to output array
+      plhout = [plhout plh];
+      
+      %---- Add to output array
+      objs = [objs obj];
+      
+    catch ex
+      % close connection if we own it
+      if isempty(find(pl, 'conn'))
+        conn.close();
+      end
+      throw(ex)
     end
-    
-    %---- Set only the ID of the current object to the plist
-    plh.pset('ID', id);
-    
-    %---- Add history-plist to output array
-    plhout = [plhout plh];
-    
-    %---- Add to output array
-    objs = [objs obj];
-    
+      
   end
   
-  % close connection
-  if closeConn
-    if isa(conn, 'database')
-      close(conn);
-    else
-      conn.closeConnection;
-    end
+  % close connection if we own it
+  if isempty(find(pl, 'conn'))
+    conn.close();
   end
   
 end