function test_miir(varargin)
% A test function to submit an miir to the repository. The miir is then
% retrieved and compared to the original one.
% 
% Usage: test_miir()     - connects to Hannover repository
%        test_miir(conn) - connects to the repository specified by
%                                  the database conn object.
% 
% M Hewitson 24-02-08
% 
% $Id: test_miir.m,v 1.7 2008/11/14 09:51:55 hewitson Exp $
% 

if nargin == 0
  conn = utils.mysql.connect('130.75.117.67', 'ltpda_test');
else
  conn = varargin{1};
end

%% Submit a timeformat
p = miir(plist);

sinfo.conn                   = conn;
sinfo.experiment_title       = 'submit miir';
sinfo.experiment_description = 'this is just a test of the whole thing';
sinfo.analysis_description   = 'just submitting';
sinfo.quantity               = 'none';
sinfo.keywords               = 'none';
sinfo.reference_ids          = '';
sinfo.additional_comments    = 'none';
sinfo.additional_authors     = 'no one';

[ids, cid] = submit(p, sinfo);

%% Retrieve the object

q = miir(plist('conn', conn, 'cid', cid))


%% Close connection
if nargin == 0
  close(conn);
end


%% Test

if ne(p,q,'hist')
  error('### miir objects are not the same.')
end