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  34 <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>ViewRedirect<span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span></b></span><b>an abstract super class for gui redirection classes</b><span class="s1"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span">   </span></b></span></p>
  35 <p class="p2"><br></p>
  36 <p class="p1"><b>Inherits from: </b><a href="../../Core/Object.html"><span class="s2"><b>Object</b></span></a></p>
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  38 <p class="p1"><b>See also:</b> <a href="GUI.html"><span class="s3">GUI</span></a><span class="s4">, <a href="../GUI-Classes.html"><span class="s5">GUI-Classes</span></a></span>, <a href="../GUI-Overview.html"><span class="s6">GUI-Overview</span></a></p>
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  40 <p class="p1"><b>For a current list of subclasses see</b> <a href="../GUI-Classes.html"><span class="s7">GUI-Classes</span></a></p>
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  42 <p class="p1">You will never call this class directly, but will only call its subclasses.</p>
  43 <p class="p1">ViewRedirect is the abstract superclass of all gui redirect classes. These subclasses in turn use the <a href="GUI.html"><span class="s8">GUI</span></a>.myView mechanism to redirect to the currently active gui kit. ViewRedirect's subclasses provide a simple syntax for creating gui views and widgets, while transparently making the code work with different gui kits.</p>
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  45 <p class="p1">Each subclass uses a *<b>key</b> class method to return a key appropriate to the desired GUI redirect method:</p>
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  47 <p class="p6">MyGUIClass : ViewRedirect { *key { ^\myGUIClass }}</p>
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  49 <p class="p8"><b>Accessing Instance and Class Variables</b></p>
  50 <p class="p9"><span class="Apple-tab-span">     </span></p>
  51 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>*redirectQueries_(bool)</b></p>
  52 <p class="p10"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>*redirectQueries</b></p>
  53 <p class="p9"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span">  </span></b><span class="Apple-tab-span">        </span></p>
  54 <p class="p10"><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><span class="Apple-tab-span">    </span><b>bool</b> is a <a href="../../Core/Boolean.html"><span class="s9">Boolean</span></a> indicating whether or not openClassFile queries will redirect to the active implementation class (Cocoa or Swing). The default is false.</p>
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