## Copyright (C) 2011 Michael Goffioul
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{hdata} =} guihandles (@var{handle})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{hdata} =} guihandles
## @end deftypefn

## Author: goffioul

function hdata = guihandles (varargin)

  hdata = [];

  if (nargin == 0 || nargin == 1)
    if (nargin == 1)
      h = varargin{1};
      if (ishandle (h))
        h = ancestor (h, "figure");
        if (isempty (h))
          error ("no ancestor figure found");
        endif
      else
        error ("invalid object handle");
      endif
    else
      h = gcf ();
    endif
    hdata = __make_guihandles_struct__ (h, hdata);
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction

function hdata = __make_guihandles_struct__ (h, hdata)

  tag = get (h, "tag");
  if (! isempty (tag))
    if (isfield (hdata, tag))
      hdata.(tag) = [hdata.(tag), h];
    else
      try
        hdata.(tag) = h;
      catch
      end_try_catch
    endif
  endif

  kids = allchild (h);
  for i = 1 : length (kids)
    hdata = __make_guihandles_struct__ (kids(i), hdata);
  endfor

endfunction