--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/@paramValue/getProperty.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+% GETPROPERTY get a property to a paramValue
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: GETPROPERTY get a property to a paramValue. If the property
+%              name exists then it returns the value otherwise an empty
+%              array ([]).
+%
+% CALL:        obj = obj.getProperty(propertyName);
+%
+% INPUTS:      propertyName: Property name of the paramValue object
+%
+% VERSION:     $Id: getProperty.m,v 1.1 2009/07/14 16:13:19 ingo Exp $
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function val = getProperty(obj, propertyName)
+  
+  if nargin ~= 2
+    error('### This method works only with two inputs.');
+  end
+  
+  if isfield(obj.property, propertyName)
+    val = obj.property.(propertyName);
+  else
+    val = [];
+  end
+  
+end