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RE: RE: [platform-swt-dev] org.eclipse.swt.SWT 
When a setter/getter is provided, it implies that calling that method will 
cause something to take effect immediately.  The use of public fields in 
GridData and GridLayout is deliberate.  In most cases, the application 
will update several fields and then to have the changes take effect they 
must call layout.  Since laying out widgets is expensive and can result in 
flash, you do not want to change each little thing one at a time and cause 
a layout to occur each time.  This is a general design philosophy in SWT, 
not an oversight.





"Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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02/27/2003 11:33 AM
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>> From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The Javadoc for SWT is abysmal.

> From: Mike_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> As one of the authors of the existing SWT javadoc, I'd have to say I
agree.

Ah, it's not so bad, Mike.  Really, after doing some serious looking, I
realize that some areas need more meat is all.  And as you say, the 
feature
set is not yet complete, which is what I pretty much thought.

In fact, that's my feeling on SWT in general.  It's just not quite soup 
yet.
It's like you're adding things at a great clip, with the intent to go back
and clean things up.  As an example, the lack of setters and getters in
GridData as opposed to the consistent use of setters and getters in the
widget classes is a little confusing.  One of the great things about Swing
is that the methods are remarkably consistent throughout the packages.
There seems to be a little less of that structure in the SWT classes,
especially some of the more advanced stuff (like the layouts).

Just my .02

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