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+% ADDALIASES Add the key-value pairs to the alias-names and alias-values
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: ADDALIASES Add the key-value pairs to the alias-names and
+%              alias-values. This method will add the key-value pairs to
+%              the properties 'aliasNames' and 'aliasValues'. If the
+%              alias-name exist then replace this method the existing value
+%              with the new value.
+%
+% CALL:        obj = obj.addAliases('name', 'value');
+%              obj = obj.addAliases(key-value pairs);
+%              obj = obj.addAliases(plist);
+%              obj = obj.addAliases(two cell-arrays);
+%
+% INPUTS:      obj         - a ltpda smodel object.
+%              key-value   - A single key-value pair or a list of key-value
+%                            pairs. Thereby it is important that the key is
+%                            followed by the value.
+%              plist       - Parameter list with values for the keys
+%                            'names' and 'values'. The values can be a
+%                            single value or a cell array with multiple
+%                            values. The number of 'names' and 'values'
+%                            must be the same.
+%              cell-arrays - Two cell-arrays with the first of the 'names'
+%                            and the second with the 'values'.
+%
+% REMARK:      This function will replace the alias-value if the
+%              alias-names already exist
+%
+% <a href="matlab:utils.helper.displayMethodInfo('smodel', 'addAliases')">Parameters Description</a>
+%
+% VERSION:     $Id: addAliases.m,v 1.1 2011/04/11 19:51:07 ingo Exp $
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function varargout = addAliases(varargin)
+  
+  % Check if this is a call from a class method
+  callerIsMethod = utils.helper.callerIsMethod;
+  
+  if callerIsMethod
+    sm     = varargin{1}; % smodel-object(s)
+    names  = varargin{2}; % cell-array with alias-names
+    values = varargin{3}; % call-array with alias-values
+    
+  else
+    % Check if this is a call for parameters
+    if utils.helper.isinfocall(varargin{:})
+      varargout{1} = getInfo(varargin{3});
+      return
+    end
+    
+    import utils.const.*
+    utils.helper.msg(msg.PROC3, 'running %s/%s', mfilename('class'), mfilename);
+    
+    % Collect input variable names
+    in_names = cell(size(varargin));
+    for ii = 1:nargin,in_names{ii} = inputname(ii);end
+    
+    % Collect all smodel objects
+    [sm,  sm_invars, rest] = utils.helper.collect_objects(varargin(:), 'smodel', in_names);
+    [pls, dummy,     rest] = utils.helper.collect_objects(rest(:), 'plist');
+    
+    names = {};
+    values = {};
+    %%% If the input PLIST have the keys 'names' and 'values' then use also
+    %%% the
+    if length(pls) == 1 && isa(pls, 'plist') && isparam(pls, 'names') && isparam(pls, 'values')
+      names  = find(pls, 'names');
+      values = find(pls, 'values');
+      
+      % Make sure that the names and the values are cell-arrays
+      if ~iscell(names)
+        names = cellstr(names);
+      end
+      if ~iscell(values)
+        values = num2cell(values);
+      end
+      
+    end
+    
+    % Check if we have two cell-array for the 'names' and 'values'
+    if numel(rest) == 2 && iscell(rest{1}) && iscell(rest{2})
+      names  = [names  rest{1}];
+      values = [values rest{2}];
+    else
+      
+      % Check for key-value pairs
+      if mod(numel(rest), 2) ~= 0
+        error('### Please specify for each alias-name a alias-value');
+      end
+      nrest = numel(rest);
+      names  = [names  rest(1:2:nrest)];
+      values = [values rest(2:2:nrest)];
+    end
+    
+    % Combine input plists and default PLIST
+    pls = combine(pls, getDefaultPlist());
+    
+  end
+  
+  % Check that we have the same number of names as the number of values.
+  if numel(names) ~= numel(values)
+    error('### Please specify for each alias name [%d] one alias value [%d]', numel(names), numel(values));
+  end
+  
+  % Decide on a deep copy or a modify
+  sm = copy(sm, nargout);
+  
+  % Loop over smodel objects
+  for oo=1:numel(sm)
+    
+    for kk=1:numel(names)
+      % Look for the index we have to change
+      idx = strcmp(sm(oo).aliasNames, names{kk});
+      
+      if any(idx)
+        % Change at the index the value
+        sm(oo).aliasValues{idx} = values{kk};
+      else
+        % Append the alias key-value pair
+        sm(oo).aliasNames  = [sm(oo).aliasNames  names(kk)];
+        sm(oo).aliasValues = [sm(oo).aliasValues values(kk)];
+      end
+    end
+    
+    if ~callerIsMethod
+      plh = pls.pset('names',  names);
+      plh.pset('values', values);
+      sm(oo).addHistory(getInfo('None'), plh, sm_invars(oo), sm(oo).hist);
+    end
+  end
+  
+  % Set output
+  varargout = utils.helper.setoutputs(nargout, sm);
+end
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% FUNCTION:    getInfo
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: Get Info Object
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function ii = getInfo(varargin)
+  if nargin == 1 && strcmpi(varargin{1}, 'None')
+    sets = {};
+    pl   = [];
+  else
+    sets = {'Default'};
+    pl   = getDefaultPlist;
+  end
+  % Build info object
+  ii = minfo(mfilename, mfilename('class'), 'ltpda', utils.const.categories.helper, '$Id: addAliases.m,v 1.1 2011/04/11 19:51:07 ingo Exp $', sets, pl);
+end
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+%
+% FUNCTION:    getDefaultPlist
+%
+% DESCRIPTION: Get Default Plist
+%
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+function plout = getDefaultPlist()
+  persistent pl;
+  if exist('pl', 'var')==0 || isempty(pl)
+    pl = buildplist();
+  end
+  plout = pl;
+end
+
+function pl = buildplist()
+  pl = plist();
+  
+  % alias names
+  p = param({'names', 'A cell-array with the alias names.'}, paramValue.EMPTY_CELL);
+  pl.append(p);
+  
+  % alias values
+  p = param({'values', 'A cell-array with the alias values.'}, paramValue.EMPTY_CELL);
+  pl.append(p);
+end
+