--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/m-toolbox/classes/@plist/setPropertyForKey.m	Wed Nov 23 19:22:13 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+% SETPROPERTY set a property from a specified parameter to a given value.
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: set a property from a specified parameter to a given value.
+%              If the property name exists then replace the value otherwise
+%              add this property.
+%
+% CALL:        obj = obj.getProperty(key, propertyName, value);
+%
+% INPUTS:      key:          Key for the parameter
+%              propertyName: Property name of the value
+%              value:        Value for the property
+%
+% VERSION:     $Id: setPropertyForKey.m,v 1.1 2009/07/14 16:13:20 ingo Exp $
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function obj = setPropertyForKey(obj, key, propertyName, val)
+
+  if nargin ~= 4
+    error('### This method works only with four inputs.');
+  end
+  
+  for ii = 1:numel(obj.params)
+    if strcmpi(obj.params(ii).key, key)
+      obj = copy(obj, nargout);
+      obj.params(ii).setProperty(propertyName, val);
+      break;
+    end
+  end
+  
+end