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From: ed@uunet!dtgcube (Edward Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Looking for a Browser object
Message-ID: <1989Nov10.140904.1176@uunet!dtgcube>
Date: 10 Nov 89 14:09:04 GMT
References: <14715332JEP@MSU> <2241@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> <1989Nov10.023803.13934@nueces.cactus.org>
Organization: The Deep Thought Group, L.P.
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In-Reply-To: chari@nueces.cactus.org's message of 10 Nov 89 02:38:03 GMT



I use NeXT's browser class; it is undocumented, but in their library.  You can
get the methods and the expected types by performing run-time lookup using
the routines outlined in /usr/include/objc/objc-runtime.h and objc-class.h.

I have headers for most of the routines, and classes for ListBrowser and
HashTableBrowser (for Lists of objects that can be asked for a string
representation, and HashTables that map strings to something).

The NeXT Browser class is used in the Open and Save Panels, actually lots of
places.  I have been told that NeXT eventually plans to release it after it
has been made more stable and the interfaces cleaned up.  So use this information
at your own risk.

Those interested in getting copies of my Browser.h header (and perhaps even
ListBrowser and HashTableBrowser) should send me mail.  I use it (at the peril
of having to rewrite the class if and when NeXT changes it) in many apps.

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