## Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Michael Goffioul
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} hggroup ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} hggroup (@var{hax})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} hggroup (@dots{}, @var{property}, @var{value}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} hggroup (@dots{})
## Create handle graphics group object with axes parent @var{hax}.
##
## If no parent is specified, the group is created in the current axes.
##
## Multiple property-value pairs may be specified for the hggroup, but they
## must appear in pairs.
##
## The optional return value @var{h} is a graphics handle to the created
## hggroup object.
##
## Programming Note: An hggroup is a way to group base graphics objects such
## as line objects or patch objects into a single unit which can react
## appropriately.  For example, the individual lines of a contour plot are
## collected into a single hggroup so that they can be made visible/invisible
## with a single command, @code{set (hg_handle, "visible", "off")}.
## 
## @end deftypefn

## Author: goffioul

function h = hggroup (varargin)

  [hax, varargin] = __plt_get_axis_arg__ ("hggroup", varargin{:});
  
  if (isempty (hax))
    hax = gca ();
  endif
  
  htmp = __go_hggroup__ (hax, varargin{:});

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = htmp;
  endif

endfunction


%!test
%! hf = figure ("visible", "off");
%! unwind_protect
%!   h = hggroup;
%!   assert (findobj (hf, "type", "hggroup"), h);
%!   assert (get (h, "type"), "hggroup");
%! unwind_protect_cleanup
%!   close (hf);
%! end_unwind_protect