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// Uses a private internal subclass to allow for loading the view from within a NIB.
// The subclass allows us to break the initialization loop that would otherwise occur.
@interface SomeMyView__ : SomeMyView {
  
}
@end

@implementation SomeMyView

+ (SomeMyView*)loadFromNib {
  NSArray *objects = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"SomeMyView" owner:nil options:nil];
  for (id obj in objects) {
    if ([obj isKindOfClass:[SomeMyView__ class]]) {
      return obj;
    }
  }
  
  assertLog(@"Couldn't find SomeMyView__ in objects instantiated from NIB!");
  return nil;
}

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
  if ((self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder])) {
    if ([[self class] isEqual:[SomeMyView class]]) {
      CGRect frame = self.frame;
      [self release];
      self = [[SomeMyView loadFromNib] retain];
      self.frame = frame;
    }
  }
  return self;
}

@end

@implementation SomeMyView__

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder {
  self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
  return self;
}

@end