Subclass method -distorted now put again

[June]

Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:

> "BCS" <BCS at pathlink.com> wrote in message 
> news:fvsdh5$2hii$11 at digitalmars.com...
> 
> > so "setText("speaker", "foo") would call speaker.setText("foo")?

YES

> >
> > D doesn't support this directly, however you could do it manually
> >
> > void setText(char[] name, char[] text)
> > {
> > switch(name)
> > {
> > case "speaker": speaker.setText(text); break;  What is diff here? -none
> > case "radio":     radio.setText(text); break;
> > default: assert(false);
> > }
> > }
> 
> In this case, it seems like keeping the controls in an AA would make a lot 
> more sense.
> 
> class MyWindow
> {
>     Control[char[]] controls;
> 
>     this()
>     {
>         controls["speaker"] = new Slider();
>         controls["radio"] = new Button();
>     }
> 
>     void setText(char[] name, char[] text)
>     {
>         controls[name].setText(text);
>     }
> } 
> 
> 
Dont see how this applies .
I want to add a function to 'dwt.widgets.Text' that takes two char arrays and alters the text in  an instance of dwt.widgets.Text' 

dwt.widgets.Text'  only has a function  that takes one char array ?   setText(char[] text)

Sorry if confusing a womans perogative no?