## Copyright (C) 2012 Rik Wehbring
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Built-in Function} {@var{val} =} java_debug ()
## @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {@var{old_val} =} java_debug (@var{new_val})
## @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} java_debug (@var{new_val}, "local")
## Query or set the internal variable that determines whether extra debugging
## information regarding the initialization of the JVM and any Java exceptions
## is printed.
## 
## When called from inside a function with the @qcode{"local"} option, the
## variable is changed locally for the function and any subroutines it calls.
##  The original variable value is restored when exiting the function.
## @seealso{debug_java, java_convert_matrix, java_unsigned_conversion}
## @end deftypefn

function old_val = java_debug (varargin)

  persistent warned = false;
  if (! warned)
    warned = true;
    warning ("Octave:deprecated-function",
             "java_debug is obsolete and will be removed from a future version of Octave; use debug_java instead");
  endif

  if (nargin > 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  old_val = debug_java (varargin{:});

endfunction