draft multiple write value options

Author: mpsonntag

src/nixsection.cc

@@ -68,7 +68,33 @@ void create_property(const extractor &input, infusor &output)
 void create_property_with_value(const extractor &input, infusor &output)
 {
     nix::Section currObj = input.entity<nix::Section>(1);
-    std::vector<nix::Value> currVec = input.vec(3);
+
+    std::vector<nix::Value> currVec;
+
+    mxClassID currID = input.class_id(3);
+    if (currID == mxCELL_CLASS){
+        mexPrintf("Cell\n");
+        const mxArray *cell_element_ptr = input.cellElemPtr(3, 0);
+
+        if (mxGetClassID(cell_element_ptr) == mxSTRUCT_CLASS){
+            mexPrintf("Struct\n");
+            currVec = input.extractFromStruct(3);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            mexPrintf("Cell with normal values\n");
+            currVec = input.vec(3);
+        }
+    }
+    else if (currID == mxCHAR_CLASS){
+        mexPrintf("Just char\n");
+    }
+    else if (currID == mxDOUBLE_CLASS){
+        mexPrintf("Just double\n");
+    }
+    else if (currID == mxLOGICAL_CLASS){
+        mexPrintf("Just logical\n");
+    }
 
     nix::Property p = currObj.createProperty(input.str(2), currVec);
     output.set(0, handle(p));

src/utils/arguments.h

@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ class extractor : public argument_helper<const mxArray> {
         return mx_array_to_str(array[pos]);
     }
 
+    const mxArray * cellElemPtr(size_t pos, int index) const {
+        const mxArray *cell_element_ptr = mxGetCell(array[pos], index);
+        return cell_element_ptr;
+    }
+
     template<typename T>
     T num(size_t pos) const {
         check_arg_type(pos, nix::to_data_type<T>::value);