diff --git a/include/osgGA/GUIActionAdapter b/include/osgGA/GUIActionAdapter
index 4548024e7..964036bf3 100644
--- a/include/osgGA/GUIActionAdapter
+++ b/include/osgGA/GUIActionAdapter
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define OSGGA_GUIACTIONADAPTER 1 
 
 #include <osgGA/Export>
+#include <osg/View>
 
 namespace osgGA{
 
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ class GUIActionAdapter
 public:
         virtual ~GUIActionAdapter() {}
         
+        /** Provide a mechanism for getting the osg::View assocaited with this GUIActionAdapter.
+          * One would use this to case view to osgViewer::View(er) if supported by the subclass.*/
+        virtual osg::View* asView() { return 0; }
+        
         /**
         requestRedraw() requests a single redraw.
         */
diff --git a/include/osgViewer/View b/include/osgViewer/View
index f9475511e..cd2ac0f03 100644
--- a/include/osgViewer/View
+++ b/include/osgViewer/View
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT View : public osg::View, public osgGA::GUIActionAdapter
 
         META_Object(osgViewer,View);
         
+        /** Provide a mechanism for getting the osg::View assocaited from the GUIActionAdapter.
+          * One would use this to case view to osgViewer::View(er) if supported by the subclass.*/
+        virtual osg::View* asView() { return this; }
+        
+        /** Provide a mechanism for getting the viewer object from this osgViewer::View.
+          * In the case of a osgViewer::Viewer the ViewerBase will effectively point to this object as Viewer subclasses from View.
+          * In the case of a osgViewer::CompsoiteViewer the ViewerBase will point to the CompositeViewer that owns this View. */
         ViewerBase* getViewerBase() { return _viewerBase.get(); }
 
         /** Take all the settings, Camera and Slaves from the passed in view, leaving it empty. */
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/osgGA/GUIActionAdapter.cpp b/src/osgWrappers/osgGA/GUIActionAdapter.cpp
index 932ddffcc..bbaf3b88a 100644
--- a/src/osgWrappers/osgGA/GUIActionAdapter.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/osgGA/GUIActionAdapter.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <osgIntrospection/StaticMethodInfo>
 #include <osgIntrospection/Attributes>
 
+#include <osg/View>
 #include <osgGA/GUIActionAdapter>
 
 // Must undefine IN and OUT macros defined in Windows headers
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ BEGIN_ABSTRACT_OBJECT_REFLECTOR(osgGA::GUIActionAdapter)
 	I_Constructor0(____GUIActionAdapter,
 	               "",
 	               "");
+	I_Method0(osg::View *, asView,
+	          Properties::VIRTUAL,
+	          __osg_View_P1__asView,
+	          "Provide a mechanism for getting the osg::View assocaited with this GUIActionAdapter. ",
+	          "One would use this to case view to osgViewer::View(er) if supported by the subclass. ");
 	I_Method0(void, requestRedraw,
 	          Properties::PURE_VIRTUAL,
 	          __void__requestRedraw,
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/osgViewer/View.cpp b/src/osgWrappers/osgViewer/View.cpp
index 368820a0d..fb8550bd6 100644
--- a/src/osgWrappers/osgViewer/View.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/osgViewer/View.cpp
@@ -75,11 +75,16 @@ BEGIN_OBJECT_REFLECTOR(osgViewer::View)
 	          __C5_char_P1__className,
 	          "return the name of the object's class type. ",
 	          "Must be defined by derived classes. ");
+	I_Method0(osg::View *, asView,
+	          Properties::VIRTUAL,
+	          __osg_View_P1__asView,
+	          "Provide a mechanism for getting the osg::View assocaited from the GUIActionAdapter. ",
+	          "One would use this to case view to osgViewer::View(er) if supported by the subclass. ");
 	I_Method0(osgViewer::ViewerBase *, getViewerBase,
 	          Properties::NON_VIRTUAL,
 	          __ViewerBase_P1__getViewerBase,
-	          "",
-	          "");
+	          "Provide a mechanism for getting the viewer object from this osgViewer::View. ",
+	          "In the case of a osgViewer::Viewer the ViewerBase will effectively point to this object as Viewer subclasses from View. In the case of a osgViewer::CompsoiteViewer the ViewerBase will point to the CompositeViewer that owns this View. ");
 	I_Method1(void, take, IN, osg::View &, rhs,
 	          Properties::VIRTUAL,
 	          __void__take__osg_View_R1,