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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {@var{b} =} saveobj (@var{a})
## Method of a class to manipulate an object prior to saving it to a file.
##
## The function @code{saveobj} is called when the object @var{a} is saved
## using the @code{save} function. An example of the use of @code{saveobj}
## might be to remove fields of the object that don't make sense to be saved
## or it might be used to ensure that certain fields of the object are
## initialized before the object is saved. For example:
##
## @example
## @group
## function b = saveobj (a)
## b = a;
## if (isempty (b.field))
## b.field = initfield (b);
## endif
## endfunction
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @seealso{loadobj, class}
## @end deftypefn
function b = saveobj (a)
error ('saveobj: not defined for class "%s"', class (a));
endfunction