--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/@collection/fromInput.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
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+% Construct a collection object from ltpda_uoh objects.
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% FUNCTION:    fromInput
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: Construct a collection object from ltpda_uoh objects.
+%
+% CALL:        collection = collection.fromInput(inobjs)
+%
+% VERSION:     $Id: fromInput.m,v 1.7 2010/06/11 19:19:11 ingo Exp $
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+function obj = fromInput(obj, pl)
+  
+  import utils.const.*
+  utils.helper.msg(msg.OPROC1, 'Construct from inputs');
+  
+  plConfig = collection.getDefaultPlist('From Input');
+  
+  % Get the collection objects out of the configuration PLIST.
+  inobjs = pl.find('objs');
+  
+  % Convert inobjs to an cell-array
+  if ~iscell(inobjs)
+    inobjs = num2cell(reshape(inobjs, 1, []));
+  end
+  
+  % Identify the objects which should go into the collection.
+  [inobjs, plConfig] = collection.identifyInsideObjs(inobjs);
+  
+  % Set the inside objects
+  obj.objs = inobjs;
+  
+  inhists  = [];
+  inplists = [];
+  if ~isempty(inobjs)
+    % Loop over the 'inobjs' because it is possible that a plist which
+    % doesn't have a history is in 'inobjs'
+    for ll = 1:numel(inobjs)
+      if isa(inobjs{ll}, 'ltpda_uoh')
+        inhists = [inhists inobjs{ll}.hist];
+      else
+        inplists = [inplists inobjs{ll}];
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  % Add the input plists again as a value to the history-plist because the
+  % plists doesn't have history-steps which we can add to the collection
+  % object.
+  if ~isempty(inplists)
+    plHist = plConfig.combine(plist('objs', {inplists}));
+  else
+    plHist = plConfig;
+  end
+  
+  obj.addHistory(collection.getInfo('collection', 'None'), plHist, [], inhists);
+  
+  warning('off', utils.const.warnings.METHOD_NOT_FOUND);
+  obj.setProperties(plConfig);
+  warning('on', utils.const.warnings.METHOD_NOT_FOUND);
+end