Depreciated ViewManager.viewClass() calls are redirected to ClassManager.viewClass()

AppBuilder/platform/ABClassManager.js

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import ABViewEditorPlugin from "./plugins/ABViewEditorPlugin.js";
 // some views need to reference ABViewContainer,
 import ABViewContainer from "./views/ABViewContainer.js";
 
+// MIGRATION: ABViewManager is depreciated.  Use ABClassManager instead.
+import ABViewManager from "./ABViewManager.js";
+
 const classRegistry = {
    ObjectTypes: new Map(),
    ObjectPropertiesTypes: new Map(),
@@ -91,6 +94,17 @@ export function allObjectProperties() {
 //    return new ObjectClass(config);
 //  }
 
+export function viewClass(type) {
+   var ViewClass = classRegistry.ViewTypes.get(type);
+   if (!ViewClass) {
+      ViewClass = ABViewManager.viewClass(type, false);
+      if (!ViewClass) {
+         throw new Error(`Unknown View type: ${type}`);
+      }
+   }
+   return ViewClass;
+}
+
 export function viewCreate(type, config, application, parent) {
    const ViewClass = classRegistry.ViewTypes.get(type);
    if (!ViewClass) throw new Error(`Unknown View type: ${type}`);

AppBuilder/platform/ABViewManager.js

@@ -22,4 +22,21 @@ module.exports = class ABViewManager extends ABViewManagerCore {
       }
       return view;
    }
+
+   static viewClass(key, showWarning = true) {
+      let viewClass = null;
+      if (showWarning) {
+         console.log(
+            "ABViewManager.viewClass() is depreciated.  Use ClassManager.viewClass() instead.",
+            key
+         );
+      }
+
+      try {
+         viewClass = ClassManager.viewClass(key);
+      } catch (error) {
+         viewClass = super.viewClass(key);
+      }
+      return viewClass;
+   }
 };