%MAP Constructor function for map object. % M = MAP % Creates a new map object with default values % % M = MAP(M) % Copies and returns map M % % M = MAP(NAME,T) % Creates a new map object with values % NAME : map name as a string % T : discrete time index or timestamp % % Map is a container class for the map entity base class % and its child classes. % % Examples: % G = map('global map',now) % % See also ENTITY, CLASS. % v.1.0, Nov. 2003, Kai Arras, CAS-KTH function m = map(varargin) switch nargin, case 0, % if no input arguments, create a default object m.name = 'none'; m.timestamp = 0; m.X = []; m.C = []; m = class(m,'map'); case 1, % if single argument of class map, return it if (isa(varargin{1},'map')) m = varargin{1}; else error('map: Wrong argument type') end case 2, % create object using specified values if correct syntax if isstr(varargin{1}) & isnumeric(varargin{2}), m.name = varargin{1}; m.timestamp = varargin{2}; m.X = []; m.C = []; m = class(m,'map'); else error('map: Wrong argument syntax'); end; otherwise error('map: Wrong number of input arguments'); end;
