add new Error methods

+PlotID/@userDLG/userDLG.m

 classdef userDLG
     %userDLG the userDLG Class is responsible for the user dialog
     %   error handeling, user messages and warnings will be provided from
-    %   the catchError class, depending on the user options and error type.
+    %   this class, depending on the user options and error type.
     %   This reduces messaging overhead and code length in PlotID.Publish()
     
     properties
@@ -10,22 +10,24 @@ classdef userDLG
         rdFilesPublished = false
         figurePublished = false
         msg = ''        
-        showMessages = false
     end
     
     properties (SetAccess = protected)        
         success = false
+        showMessages {mustBeNumericOrLogical}
+        forcePublish {mustBeNumericOrLogical}
         ID %plotID
     end
         
-    
     methods
-        function obj = catchError(ID)
+        function obj = userDLG(ID,options)
             %CATCHERROR Construct an instance of this class
             if isempty(ID)
                 ID = '';
             end
             obj.ID = ID;
+            obj.showMessages = options.ShowMessages;
+            obj.forcePublish = options.ForcePublish;
         end
         
         function output = get.success(obj)
@@ -35,10 +37,37 @@ classdef userDLG
             output = obj.success;
         end
         
-        function obj = set.msg(obj,errorMessage)
+        function obj = set.msg(obj,message)
             %setmsg Summary of this method goes here
             %   Detailed explanation goes here
-            obj.msg = errorMessage;
+            obj.msg = message;
+        end
+        
+       function [] = userMSG(obj,message)
+            %userMSG user message without priority
+            %   MSG will only be displaye if ShowMessages is true
+            if obj.showMessages
+                disp(message);
+            end
+       end
+       
+       function [] = error(message)
+            %error handles critical errors
+            %   critical errors will always result in a matlab error 
+            
+            %ToDO: Add function(s) before termination
+            error(message);
+       end 
+        
+       function [] = softError(obj,message)
+            %softError handles soft errors
+            %   soft errors can be changed to warning if ForcePublish is
+            %   selected by the user
+            if obj.forcePublish
+                warning(message);
+            else
+                error(message);
+            end
         end
         
         function outputArg = method1(obj,inputArg)

+PlotID/Publish.m

@@ -54,18 +54,18 @@ if isempty(ID)
    warning(msg);
 end
 
-dlgObj = PlotID.userDLG(ID); % Error and MSG handeling    
-dlgObj.showMessages = options.ShowMessages;
+dlgObj = PlotID.userDLG(ID,options); % Error and MSG handeling    
+
 
 %% read config file
 try 
    txt = fileread('config.json');
    config = jsondecode(txt);
 catch
+   dlgObj.configError = true; 
    msg = ['Error while reading the config file' newline,...
        ' publishing on server not possible'];
-   warning(msg);
-   dlgObj.configError = true;
+   dlgObj.softError(msg);
 end
 
 %% storage location
@@ -90,17 +90,18 @@ folderName = ['.',char(ID)]; %hidden folder
 
 %% Create Data-Directory
 if isfolder(fullfile(storPath,folderName))
-   error(['Folder ',folderName, ' exists - Plot was already published ']);
+   dlgObj.error(['Folder ',folderName, ' exists - Plot was already published ']);
 elseif mkdir(fullfile(storPath,folderName))
 else
-    error('Directory could not be created - check remote path and permissions');
+    dlgObj.error('Directory could not be created - check remote path and permissions');
 end
 disp(['publishing of ', ID, ' started']);
 
 %% Create a Copy of the script and user functions(optional)
 % script
-[~, status] = PlotID.createFileCopy({scriptPath},folderName,storPath,ID, 'script');
-dlgObj.scriptPublished =status; % obj will be passed to createFileCopy
+[~, status, msg] = PlotID.createFileCopy({scriptPath},folderName,storPath,ID, 'script');
+dlgObj.scriptPublished =status;
+dlgObj.userMSG(msg);
 
 % user functions
 [fList,pList] = matlab.codetools.requiredFilesAndProducts(scriptPath);
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ switch options.Method
                 end
             else % no identical file exists
                 %Copy the file in data and create the links (if hdf5)
-                [dataPath] = PlotID.createFileCopy(DataPaths{i},'data',storPath,ID,'dataCentral');
+                [dataPath, status, msg] = PlotID.createFileCopy(DataPaths{i},'data',storPath,ID,'dataCentral');
                 pathToData = strrep(dataPath,currentPath,'');
                 %WIP
                 if contains(DataPaths{i},{'.h5','.hdf5'}) % Linking only for HDF5
@@ -160,10 +161,11 @@ switch options.Method
         clear DataFolderName 
     case 'individual'
         % Create a copy of the research data    
-        [~, status] = PlotID.createFileCopy(DataPaths,folderName,storPath,ID, 'data');
+        [~, status, msg] = PlotID.createFileCopy(DataPaths,folderName,storPath,ID, 'data');
 end
 %temporary:
 dlgObj.rdFilesPublished = status;
+dlgObj.userMSG(msg);
 
 %% Write Config File
 if ~dlgObj.configError %config File must exist
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ try
    exportgraphics(figure,[RemotePath,'.png'],'Resolution',300);
    dlgObj.figurePublished = true; 
 catch 
-   warning('Plot export was not successful')
+   dlgObj.softError('Plot export was not successful');
 end
 
 % CSV EXport
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ if status
     disp(['publishing of ', ID , ' done']); %always displayed onsucess   
 else % publish was not sucessfull! 
     %replace with error from userDLG Class
-    error(['publishing of ', ID , ' failed'])
+    dlgObj.error(['publishing of ', ID , ' failed'])
 end
 
 
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ end
 function mustBeDataPath(DataPaths)
 %checks if input is a valid DataPath object
 
-  if iscellstr(DataPaths)
+  if isstring(DataPaths)
      tf = zeros(1,numel(DataPaths)); 
      for i=1:numel(DataPaths)
          tf(i) = ~isfile(DataPaths{i});

+PlotID/TagPlot.m

@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ arguments
     figs (1,:) {mustBeFigure}
     options.ProjectID (1,:) {mustBeText}= ''
     options.Fontsize (1,1) {mustBeInteger} = 8
+    options.Color (1,3)  {mustBeNonnegative} = 0.65*[1 1 1] % grey
     options.Location (1,:) {mustBeText} = 'east'
     options.Position (1,2) {mustBeVector} = [1,0.4] % default for east
-    options.Rotation (1,1) {mustBeInteger} = 0  
+    options.Rotation (1,1) {mustBeReal} = NaN 
 end
 
 if isempty(options.ProjectID)
@@ -41,16 +42,19 @@ end
 switch options.Location
     case 'north'
         options.Position = [0.4,0.95];
-        options.Rotation = 0;
+        Rotation = 0;
     case 'east'
         options.Position = [1,0.4];
-        options.Rotation = 90;
+        Rotation = 90;
     case 'south'
         options.Position = [0.4,.02];
-        options.Rotation = 0;
+        Rotation = 0;
     case 'west'
         options.Position = [.05,0.4];
-        options.Rotation = 90;
+        Rotation = 90;
+    case 'southeast'
+        options.Position = [0.8,.02];
+        Rotation = 0;
     case 'custom'
         % Check if Position is valid
         if ~all(0 <= options.Position & options.Position <= 1)
@@ -62,6 +66,10 @@ switch options.Location
         options.Location = 'east'; options.Position = [1,0.4];
 end
 
+if ~isnan(options.Rotation)
+   Rotation = options.Rotation; 
+end
+
 IDs = cell(numel(figs),1);
 
 for n = 1:numel(figs)
@@ -72,10 +80,11 @@ for n = 1:numel(figs)
     ylim =get(axes,'YLim');
     xlim =get(axes,'XLim');
     %ID
-    position = [options.Position(1)*xlim(2), options.Position(2)*ylim(2)];
+    
+    position = [options.Position(1), options.Position(2)];
     text(axes,position(1),position(2), IDs{n},'Fontsize',options.Fontsize,...
-    'Rotation',options.Rotation, 'VerticalAlignment','bottom','Color',...
-        0.65*[1 1 1],'BackgroundColor','w');
+    'Rotation',Rotation, 'VerticalAlignment','bottom','Color',...
+        options.Color,'BackgroundColor','w', 'Units', 'normalized');
     set(figs(n),'Tag', IDs{n});    
 end
 

+PlotID/createFileCopy.m

-function [storagePaths, status] = createFileCopy(filePaths,folderName,storPath,ID,type)
+function [storagePaths, status, msg] = createFileCopy(filePaths,folderName,storPath,ID,type)
 % Creates a copy of the files (can be used for multiple paths in a cell array)
 % folderName is the name of the exporting folder
 % returns the storage paths were files were stored
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ try
         storagePaths{i} = RemotePath; 
     end
     status = true;
-    disp([type, ' successfully published']);
+    msg =([type, ' successfully published']);
 catch
     status = false;
     warning([type,' export was not sucessful'])

example.m

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ h5write(fpath, "/y1", y1)
 % Place for post-processing of the data, or additional related code.
 % example_fcn is a dummy function to show the functionality
 a = 1; a = example_fcn(a); 
-p = betacdf(0.5,1,1); % to test toolboxes
+% Uncomment to include the Statistics and Machine learning Toolbox
+% p = betacdf(0.5,1,1); % to test toolboxes
 
 %% Plotting
 % This is still part of a normal script to produce plots.