Package org.eclipse.ui.internal

Class UISynchronizer

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer

org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer

public class UISynchronizer
extends Synchronizer

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected boolean	isStarting	Indicates that the UI is in startup mode and that no non-workbench runnables should be invoked.
protected UILockListener	lockListener
static final ThreadLocal<Boolean>	overrideThread
protected List<Runnable>	pendingStartup	List of non-workbench Runnables that need executing at some point in the future
static final ThreadLocal<Boolean>	startupThread	Setting this variable to the value Boolean.TRUE will allow a thread to execute code during the startup sequence.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UISynchronizer(Display display, UILockListener lock)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	asyncExec(Runnable runnable)	Causes the run() method of the runnable to be invoked by the user-interface thread at the next reasonable opportunity.
void	started()
void	syncExec(Runnable runnable)	Causes the run() method of the runnable to be invoked by the user-interface thread at the next reasonable opportunity.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

lockListener

protected UILockListener lockListener

isStarting

protected boolean isStarting

Indicates that the UI is in startup mode and that no non-workbench runnables should be invoked.

pendingStartup

protected List<Runnable> pendingStartup

List of non-workbench Runnables that need executing at some point in the future

startupThread

public static final ThreadLocal<Boolean> startupThread

Setting this variable to the value Boolean.TRUE will allow a thread to execute code during the startup sequence.

overrideThread

public static final ThreadLocal<Boolean> overrideThread

Constructor Details

UISynchronizer

public UISynchronizer(Display display,
 UILockListener lock)

Method Details

started

public void started()

asyncExec

protected void asyncExec(Runnable runnable)

Description copied from class: Synchronizer

Causes the run() method of the runnable to be invoked by the user-interface thread at the next reasonable opportunity. The caller of this method continues to run in parallel, and is not notified when the runnable has completed.

Overrides:

asyncExec in class Synchronizer

Parameters:

runnable - code to run on the user-interface thread.

See Also:

• Synchronizer.syncExec(java.lang.Runnable)

syncExec

public void syncExec(Runnable runnable)

Description copied from class: Synchronizer

Causes the run() method of the runnable to be invoked by the user-interface thread at the next reasonable opportunity. The thread which calls this method is suspended until the runnable completes.

Overrides:

syncExec in class Synchronizer

Parameters:

runnable - code to run on the user-interface thread.

See Also:

• Synchronizer.asyncExec(java.lang.Runnable)