--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/@plist/getPropertyForKey.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
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+% GETPROPERTY get a property from a specified parameter.
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: GETPROPERTY get a property from a specified parameter. If
+%              the property name exists then it returns the value otherwise
+%              an empty array ([]).
+%
+% CALL:        obj = obj.getProperty(key, propertyName);
+%
+% INPUTS:      key:          Key for the parameter
+%              propertyName: Property name of the value
+%
+% VERSION:     $Id: getPropertyForKey.m,v 1.1 2009/07/14 16:13:20 ingo Exp $
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function val = getPropertyForKey(obj, key, propertyName)
+
+  if nargin ~= 3
+    error('### This method works only with three inputs.');
+  end
+  
+  val = [];
+  for ii = 1:numel(obj.params)
+    if strcmpi(obj.params(ii).key, key)
+      val = obj.params(ii).getProperty(propertyName);
+      break;
+    end
+  end
+  
+end