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+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/+utils/@helper/saveobj.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
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+function varargout = saveobj(a, pl)
+% SAVEOBJ saves an object to a file.
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: SAVEOBJ saves an object to a file.
+%
+% CALL:      saveobj(obj, pl)
+%
+% INPUTS:     obj  - an object (for example, an AO)
+%             pl   - parameter list with a 'filename' parameter
+%
+% Supported file types are '.mat' and '.xml'.
+% 
+% OUTPUTS:
+%
+% VERSION: $Id: saveobj.m,v 1.3 2010/09/17 14:12:31 ingo Exp $
+%
+% HISTORY: 28-08-2007 M Hewitson
+%             Creation
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+% get filename
+filename = find(pl, 'filename');
+
+% Inspect filename
+[path,name,ext] = fileparts(filename);
+
+switch ext
+  case '.mat'
+
+    save(filename, 'a');
+
+  case '.xml'
+
+    % convert object to xml
+    xml = com.mathworks.xml.XMLUtils.createDocument('ltpda_object');
+    parent = xml.getDocumentElement;
+
+    utils.xml.xmlwrite(a, xml, parent, '');    % Save the XML document.
+    xmlwrite(filename, xml);
+
+  otherwise
+    error('### unknown file extension.');
+end
+