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+% PLOTTERFACTORY factory constructor for different plotter objects.
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: PLOTTERFACTORY factory constructor for different plotter objects.
+%
+% CONSTRUCTOR:
+%
+%            p = plotterFactory.makePlotter(objects)
+%
+%
+% VERSION:     $Id: plotterFactory.m,v 1.2 2011/04/08 08:56:38 hewitson Exp $
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+classdef plotterFactory
+  
+  methods (Abstract=true)
+    dummy(varargin); % dummy abstract method to ensure this factory can't be instantiated
+  end
+  
+  methods (Static=true)
+    
+    function p = makePlotter(varargin)
+      obj_cl = class(varargin{1});
+      objs = utils.helper.collect_objects(varargin(:), obj_cl);
+
+      switch obj_cl
+        case 'ao'          
+          dcl = class(objs(1).data);
+          % Check if all the ao.data objects are of the same class; if not,
+          % we return an aoplotter.
+          for kk=1:numel(objs)
+            obj = objs(kk);
+            if ~strcmp(class(obj.data), dcl)
+              warning('Object [%s] has a different data type to object [%s]; returning a default aoplotter');
+              p = aoplotter(objs);
+              return 
+            end
+          end
+          
+          % Otherwise go on and attempt to build a more specialised plotter
+          switch dcl
+            case 'tsdata'
+              p = tsplotter(objs);
+            otherwise
+              p = aoplotter(objs);
+              warning('I don''t know how to make a plotter for %s/%s data objects; returning a default plotter', obj_cl, dcl);
+          end
+          
+        otherwise
+          error('I don''t know how to make a plotter for %s objects', cl);
+      end % End switch on object class
+      
+    end % End makePlotter
+    
+  end % End static methods block
+  
+end
+% END