## Copyright (C) 2008-2018 David Bateman
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {@var{newargs} =} __add_datasource__ (@var{fcn}, @var{h}, @var{data}, @var{varargin})
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

function newargs = __add_datasource__ (fcn, h, data, varargin)

  if (ischar (data))
    data = {data};
  endif

  for i = 1 : numel (data)
    addproperty ([data{i} "datasource"], h, "string", "");
  endfor

  i = 0;
  newargs = {};
  while (i < numel (varargin))
    arg = varargin{++i};
    if (i != numel (varargin) && ischar (arg)
        && length (arg) > 9 && strcmpi (arg(end-9:end), "datasource"))
      arg = tolower (arg);
      val = varargin{++i};
      if (ischar (val))
        set (h, arg, val);
      else
        error ("%s: datasource must be a string", fcn);
      endif
    else
      newargs{end + 1} = arg;
    endif
  endwhile

endfunction
