Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) - Manual (Page 87)

C H A P T E R 3
Views
About Views 3-3
Figure 3-1 shows a collection of template frames that might make up an application.
The frame at the top represents the highest-level parent template. Each template
that has children contains a
viewChildren (or stepChildren ) slot whose
value is an array of references to its child templates.
Figure 3-1 Template hierarchy
Arrows indicate
a reference to objects
Child Template
{Slot: data
Slot: data
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}
Child Template
{Slot: data
Slot: data
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}
Child Template
{Slot: data
Slot: data
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}
Child Template
{Slot: data
Slot: data
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viewChildren:
[ frameRef, frameRef] }
Parent Template
{Slot: data
Slot: data
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viewChildren:
[ frameRef, frameRef] }