## Copyright (C) 2010 Soren Hauberg
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn address@hidden =} handle2struct (@var{h})
## @end deftypefn

function s = handle2struct (h)
  ## Check input
  if (nargin != 1)
    error ("handle2struct: wrong number of input arguments");
  endif
  
  if (!ishandle (h))
    error ("handle2struct: input argument must be a graphics handle");
  endif
  
  ## Do the actual work
  s.type = get (h, "type");
  s.handle = h;
  s.properties = get (h); # XXX: it seems Matlab doesn't store all of the figure's properties
  
  children = get (h, 'children');
  for k = 1:length (children)
    child = children (k);
    s.children (k) = handle2struct (child);
  endfor
  
  ## XXX: I don't know what Matlab puts in this field
  s.special = [];
endfunction