SyncExecExample.java Source code

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/******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 1998, 2004 Jackwind Li Guojie
 * All right reserved. 
 * 
 * Created on Oct 26, 2003 2:45:03 PM by JACK
 * $Id: SyncExecExample.java,v 1.1 2003/12/22 12:07:54 jackwind Exp $
 * 
 * visit: http://www.asprise.com/swt
 *****************************************************************************/

import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;

/**
 * syncExec Example. 
 */
public class SyncExecExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        final Display display = new Display();
        Shell shell = new Shell(display);

        final Runnable print = new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                System.out.println("Print from thread: \t" + Thread.currentThread().getName());
            }
        };

        final Thread applicationThread = new Thread("applicationThread") {
            public void run() {
                System.out.println("Hello from thread: \t" + Thread.currentThread().getName());
                display.syncExec(print);
                System.out.println("Bye from thread: \t" + Thread.currentThread().getName());
            }
        };

        shell.setText("syncExec Example");
        shell.setSize(300, 100);

        Button button = new Button(shell, SWT.CENTER);
        button.setText("Click to start");
        button.setBounds(shell.getClientArea());
        button.addSelectionListener(new SelectionListener() {
            public void widgetDefaultSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
            }

            public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
                applicationThread.start();
            }
        });

        shell.open();

        while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
            if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {// If no more entries in event queue
                display.sleep();
            }
        }

        display.dispose();

    }
}