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A model instance can have many viewers. Thus, the information in one model can be displayed by multiple, up-to-date graphical elements, via update and getter messages:

*-------*       *----------* 
|       | <---- | Viewer 1 | 
|       |       *----------* 
| Model | 
|       |       *----------* 
|       | <---- | Viewer 2 | 
|       |       *----------* 
|       | 
|       |       *----------* 
|       | <---- | Viewer 3 | 
*-------*       *----------*