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+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/+utils/@helper/installExtensionsForDir.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
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+% INSTALLEXTENSIONSFORDIR installs the toolbox extensions found under the
+% given directory.
+% 
+% CALL: utils.helper.installExtensionsForDir(dir)
+% 
+% M Hewitson 29-10-10
+% 
+% $Id: installExtensionsForDir.m,v 1.8 2011/03/25 15:14:42 mauro Exp $
+% 
+function res = installExtensionsForDir(varargin)
+
+  extdir = varargin{1};
+  
+  if ~ischar(extdir)
+    error('input a path to a directory of LTPDA extensions');
+  end
+  
+  fprintf('* installing extensions under %s ...\n', extdir);
+  
+  % toolbox path
+  aopath = fileparts(which('ao'));
+  parts = regexp(aopath, '@', 'split');
+  classpath = parts{1};
+  
+  % for each user class, look for a corresponding directory and copy any
+  % extension methods in.
+  % copy <module>/classes/<user_class>/<methods> to the toolbox
+  userclasses = utils.helper.ltpda_userclasses;
+  installedClassMethods = false;
+  for ucl = userclasses
+    extsdir = fullfile(extdir, 'classes', ucl{1});
+    if exist(extsdir, 'dir')==7 
+      fprintf('  * installing extensions for class %s ...\n', ucl{1});
+      files = utils.prog.filescan(extsdir, '.m');
+      dstdir = fullfile(classpath, ['@' ucl{1}]);
+      for kk = 1:numel(files)
+        f = files{kk};
+        [path,name,ext] = fileparts(f);
+        fprintf('      installing %s -> %s\n', name, ucl{1});
+        [success, message, messageid] = copyfile(f, dstdir);
+        if ~success
+          fprintf(stderr, 'Failed to copy file %s to %s : %s', f, dstdir, message);
+        else
+          installedClassMethods = true;
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  % Add subdirs to the MATLAB path
+  addpath(extdir);
+  % In order to include user-defined classes, we just need to add the <module>/classes folder
+  addpath(fullfile(extdir, 'classes'));
+  % In order to include user-defined models, we need to add the <module>/models folder and subfolders
+  addpath(genpath(fullfile(extdir, 'models')));
+  % In order to include user-defined functions, we need to add the <module>/functions folder and subfolders
+  addpath(genpath(fullfile(extdir, 'functions')));
+  % In order to include user-defined tests, we need to add the <module>/tests folder and subfolders
+  addpath(genpath(fullfile(extdir, 'tests')));
+  
+  % It might be useful to remove the 'CVS' and '.svn' folders, if any
+  utils.helper.remove_cvs_from_matlabpath();
+  utils.helper.remove_svn_from_matlabpath();
+  
+  res = installedClassMethods;
+  
+  if installedClassMethods
+    fprintf('----------------------------------------------------------------\n');
+    fprintf('   Additional class methods were installed. These will be  \n');
+    fprintf('   available next time you run ''clear all'' or ''clear classes''.\n');
+    fprintf('----------------------------------------------------------------\n');
+  end
+
+  
+end
+
+