## Copyright (C) 2005 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} axes ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} axes (@var{property}, @var{value}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} axes (@var{h})
## Create an axes object and return a handle to it.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function h = axes (varargin)

  if (nargin == 0 || nargin > 1)
    ## make default axes object, and make it the current axes for the
    ## current figure.
    cf = gcf ();
    tmp = __uiobject_axes_ctor__ (cf, varargin{:});
    __uiobject_adopt__ (cf, tmp);
    set (cf, "currentaxes", tmp);
  elseif (nargin == 1)
    ## arg is axes handle, make it the current axes for the current
    ## figure.
    tmp = varargin{1};
    obj = get (tmp);
    if (! isempty (obj) && strcmp (obj.type, "axes"))
      cf = gcf ();
      __uiobject_adopt__ (cf, tmp);
      set (cf, "currentaxes", tmp);
    else
      error ("axes: expecting argument to be axes handle");
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = tmp;
  endif

endfunction