## Copyright (C) 2012 Michael Goffioul
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{hdata} =} guihandles (@var{h})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{hdata} =} guihandles
## Return a structure of object handles for the figure associated with
## handle @var{h}.
## 
## If no handle is specified the current figure returned by @code{gcf} is used.
##
## The fieldname for each entry of @var{hdata} is taken from the @qcode{"tag"}
## property of the graphic object.  If the tag is empty then the handle is not
## returned.  If there are multiple graphic objects with the same tag then
## the entry in @var{hdata} will be a vector of handles.  @code{guihandles}
## includes all possible handles, including those for
## which @qcode{"HandleVisibility"} is @qcode{"off"}.
## @seealso{guidata, findobj, findall, allchild}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: goffioul

function hdata = guihandles (h)

  if (nargin > 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (nargin == 1)
    if (! ishandle (h))
      error ("guidata: H must be a valid object handle");
    endif
    h = ancestor (h, "figure");
    if (isempty (h))
      error ("guidata: no ancestor figure of H found");
    endif
  else
    h = gcf ();
  endif

  hdata = __make_guihandles_struct__ (h, []);

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 hkid = kids'
    hdata = __make_guihandles_struct__ (hkid, hdata);
  endfor

endfunction