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−% GETPROPERTY get a property from a parameter.
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−%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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−%
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−% DESCRIPTION: GETPROPERTY get a property from a parameter. If the property
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−%              name exists then it returns the value otherwise an empty
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−%              array ([]).
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−%
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−% CALL:        obj = obj.getProperty(propertyName);
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−%
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−% INPUTS:      propertyName: Property name of the paramValue object
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−%
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−% VERSION:     $Id: getProperty.m,v 1.2 2011/02/22 15:42:25 hewitson Exp $
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−%
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−%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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−
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−function val = getProperty(obj, propertyName)
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−
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−  if nargin ~= 2
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−    error('### This method works only with two inputs.');
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−  end
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−  
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−  if ~isa(obj.val, 'paramValue')
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−    val = [];
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−    return
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−  end
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−  
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−  if ~isempty(obj.val)
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−    if isfield(obj.val.property, propertyName)
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−      val = obj.val.property.(propertyName);
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−    else
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−      val = [];
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−    end
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−  else
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−    val = [];
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−  end
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−  
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−end