## Copyright (C) 2010 Soren Hauberg
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn address@hidden =} struct2handle (@var{s})
## @end deftypefn

function h = struct2handle (s)
  ## Check input
  if (nargin != 1)
    error ("struct2handle: wrong number of input arguments");
  endif
  
  if (!isstruct (s))
    error ("struct2handle: input argument must be a structure");
  endif
  
  ## Do the actual work
  h = feval (s.type); # I assume that 'type' corresponds to the name of a function (e.g. 'figure')
  
  for [value, property] = s.properties
    try
      set (h, property, value);
    catch
      warning ("struct2handle: ignoring property '%s'", property);
    end_try_catch
  endfor
  
  if (isfield (s, "children"))
    for k = 1:length (s.children)
      struct2handle (s.children (k));
    endfor
  endif
endfunction