+/** Get an object's animation object.
+ *
+ * You might need to call another mlt_property_anim_ function to actually construct
+ * the animation, as this is a simple accessor function.
+ * \public \memberof mlt_property_s
+ * \param self a property
+ * \return the animation object or NULL if there is no animation
+ */
+
+mlt_animation mlt_property_get_animation( mlt_property self )
+{
+ return self->animation;
+}
+
+/** Convert a rectangle value into a string.
+ *
+ * Unlike the deprecated mlt_geometry API, the canonical form of a mlt_rect
+ * is a space delimited "x y w h o" even though many kinds of field delimiters
+ * may be used to convert a string to a rectangle.
+ * \private \memberof mlt_property_s
+ * \param rect the rectangle to convert
+ * \param length not used
+ * \return the string representation of a rectangle
+ */
+