[platform-swt-dev] Can anybody tell me where can I get "http://www.csr.u

[lvyb <lvyb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can anybody tell me where can I get "http://www.csr.uvic.ca/shrimpviews/shrimp.pdf" or send it to me directly,

 

Thanks.

 

 

It was mentioned in the following article:

 

>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>We are developing a plugin on Eclipse. We also use a third-party
>>>Swing-based graphical package for its sophisticated graphical editing
>>>functions. In our proof-of-concept demo, we have successfully launch the
>>>Swing-based application using swing-in-process approach and also launched
>>>SWT ApplicationWindow from the Swing widget on Windows platform.
>>>
>>>Here are my concerns/questions:
>>>
>>>1. As I understand, SWT has its own event model than the Swing/AWT event
>>>model. How will these two different event models interact with the
>>>platform event loop in the Swing-in-process approach? Do both SWT and AWT
>>>event model try to read and dispatch the platform event loop? Where can I
>>>find in-depth articles about the SWT threading/event model?
>>>
>
>
>>The event loops run on different threads in your VM. In a scenario where
>>the Swing components run in an external frame, there is next to none
>>interaction, they run separate event loops. You do need to avoid
>>deadlocks, of course, if you have communication between the two GUI
>>clients. You may not call SWT from the Swing thread or vice versa, if
>>you do, you'll notice pretty fast. :-) For one story on Swing/SWT
>>interaction, see http://www.csr.uvic.ca/shrimpviews/shrimp.pdf.
>>
>
>>If you would like to run full Swing in an SWT Canvas widget at native
>>Swing speed, see my earlier post today. Using that software, you can put
>>any Swing, Java 2D etc. anywhere you can put an SWT Canvas widget,
>>inside your Eclipse workbench.
>>
>
>
>>>2. Will the approach that I use in the demo cause any potential performace
>>>problems? Our real swing application has much more complicate controls
>>>than the simple JButton. Here are the snippet of my demo.
>>>
>
>
>>No, I don't think so.
>>
>
>
>>>Launch Swing application from Eclipse plugin:
>>>-------------------------------------------------------
>>>public class HelloView extends ViewPart {
>>>    public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
>>>  ...
>>> SelectionListener selectionListener = new SelectionAdapter() {
>>> public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent event) {                    
>>>   ...
>>> launchSwingWidget ();
>>> };
>>> };
>>> swingButton.addSelectionListener(selectionListener);
>>>    }
>>>   
>>> 
>>>
>>> public void launchSwingWidget() {
>>>
>>>        ...
>>>
>>>        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
>>>        frame.pack();
>>>        frame.setVisible(true);
>>>    }
>>>}
>>>
>>>Launch SWT ApplicationWindow from the Swing widget:
>>>---------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>public class SwingApplication {
>>>
>>>    public Component createComponents() {
>>>            ...
>>>            button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
>>>           
>>>            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
>>> Display.getDefault().syncExec(new Runnable() {
>>> public void run() {
>>> ApplicationWindow swtWindow = new
>>>ApplicationWindow(Display.getCurrent().getActiveShell());
>>> swtWindow.open();
>>> }
>>> });
>>>         
>>>            }
>>>        });
>>>}
>>>    
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Xiaoping