Add a getBoundaryOperator method in multiblock.DiffOp that uses the the diffop get_boundary_operator method rather than its properties. Werpers might not like this.

function A = spdiag(a,i)
    default_arg('i',0);

    if isrow(a)
        a = a';
    end

    n = length(a)+abs(i);
    A = spdiags(a,i,n,n);
end