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

["Veronika Irvine" <Veronika_Irvine@xxxxxxx>]

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                                                      "http://www.csr.uvic.ca/shrimpviews/shrimp.pdf"; or send it to me directly,thanks.              
                                                                                                                                                     
                      11/11/2002 02:56 AM                                                                                                            
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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