## Copyright (C) 2004-2012 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} isa (@var{obj}, @var{class})
## Return true if @var{obj} is an object from the class @var{class}.
##
## @var{class} may also be one of the following class categories: 
##
## @table @asis
## @item "float"
## Floating point value comprising classes "double" and "single".
##
## @item "integer"
## Integer value comprising classes (u)int8, (u)int16, (u)int32, (u)int64.
##
## @item "numeric"
## Numeric value comprising either a floating point or integer value.
## @end table
## @seealso{class, typeinfo}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle@users.sf.net>
## Adapted-by: jwe

function retval = isa (obj, cname)

  if (nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (strcmp (cname, "float"))
    retval = isfloat (obj);
  elseif (strcmp (cname, "integer"))
    retval = isinteger (obj);
  elseif (strcmp (cname, "numeric"))
    retval = isnumeric (obj);
  else
    class_of_x = class (obj);
    retval = strcmp (class_of_x, cname);
    if (! retval && isobject (obj))
      retval = __isa_parent__ (obj, cname);
    endif
  endif

endfunction


%!assert (isa ("char", "float"), false)
%!assert (isa (logical (1), "float"), false)
%!assert (isa (double (13), "float"), true)
%!assert (isa (single (13), "float"), true)
%!assert (isa (int8 (13), "float"), false)
%!assert (isa (int16 (13), "float"), false)
%!assert (isa (int32 (13), "float"), false)
%!assert (isa (int64 (13), "float"), false)
%!assert (isa (uint8 (13), "float"), false)
%!assert (isa (uint16 (13), "float"), false)
%!assert (isa (uint32 (13), "float"), false)
%!assert (isa (uint64 (13), "float"), false)
%!assert (isa ("char", "numeric"), false)
%!assert (isa (logical (1), "numeric"), false)
%!assert (isa (double (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (single (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (int8 (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (int16 (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (int32 (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (int64 (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (uint8 (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (uint16 (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (uint32 (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (uint64 (13), "numeric"), true)
%!assert (isa (uint8 (13), "integer"), true)
%!assert (isa (double (13), "integer"), false)
%!assert (isa (single (13), "integer"), false)

%!assert (isa (double (13), "double"))
%!assert (isa (single (13), "single"))
%!assert (isa (int8 (13), "int8"))
%!assert (isa (int16 (13), "int16"))
%!assert (isa (int32 (13), "int32"))
%!assert (isa (int64 (13), "int64"))
%!assert (isa (uint8 (13), "uint8"))
%!assert (isa (uint16 (13), "uint16"))
%!assert (isa (uint32 (13), "uint32"))
%!assert (isa (uint64 (13), "uint64"))
%!assert (isa ("string", "char"))
%!assert (isa (true, "logical"))
%!assert (isa (false, "logical"))
%!assert (isa ({1, 2}, "cell"))
%!test
%! a.b = 1;
%! assert (isa (a, "struct"));