## Copyright (C) 2014 Massimiliano Fasi
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{h} =} hgload (@var{filename})
## Load the graphics object in @var{filename} into the graphics handle @var{h}.
##
## If @var{filename} has no extension, Octave will try to find the file with
## and without the standard extension of @file{.ofig}.
## @seealso{hgsave, struct2hdl}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Massimiliano Fasi

function h = hgload (filename)

  ## Check input arguments
  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif
  
  ## Check file existence
  if (isempty (file_in_loadpath (filename)))
    [~, ~, ext] = fileparts (filename);
    if (isempty (ext))
      filename = [filename ".ofig"];
    endif
    if (isempty (file_in_loadpath (filename)))
      error ("hgload: unable to locate file %s", filename);
    endif
  endif

  ## Load the handle
  try
    stmp = load (filename, "s_oct40");
  catch
    error ("hgload: could not load hgsave-formatted object in file %s", filename);
  end_try_catch

  h = struct2hdl (stmp.s_oct40);
  
endfunction


## Functional test for hgload/hgsave pair is in hgsave.m

%% Test input validation
%!error hgload ()
%!error hgload (1, 2)
%!error <unable to locate file> hgload ("%%_A_REALLY_UNLIKELY_FILENAME_%%")