top level objects and NSWindowController

FROM : Ken Victor
DATE : Fri Jun 23 21:26:34 2006

other than by using outlets, is it possible to gain access to the top
level objects in a nib file loaded via an NSWindowController?

i would like to place several custom views in a nib (to be used as
various panes in a tab view), and i would like programmatically to
determine how many of them there are and get pointers to them when i
load the window.

i realize i could switch to using NSNib instead of
NSWindowController, but i really really want to use
NSWindowController.

also, i realize i can do this by using outlets, but that means
editting my source code every time i add another custom view. i also
realize that i could add an outlet to my custom views to point to a
controller in the nib, and then "register" the custom views in
awakeFromNib, but that seems like an extra step if i could simply get
the array of top level objects from NSWindowController.

thanx,
ken