Re: [platform-swt-dev] Cocoa SWT_AWT issues, and a new API proposal

[Kirill Grouchnikov <kirillcool@xxxxxxxxx>]

>> A few notes: display is created in the main method, as recommended 

>> by SWT. The Swing UI is created in the EDT, as recommended by AWT/
>> Swing.

>Are these kinds of rules documented anywhere?  If devs "follow the 
>rules" as defined in this example, I don't have to make that many 
>changes to Shell or Display, except to detect when the Shell doesn't 
>own its window, as would be the case in the SWT_AWT new_Shell state.

Unlike SWT, Swing does not enforce the threading rules, which is quite unfortunate. I would suggest explicitly not supporting Swing / AWT applications that do not respect the Swing threading rules.

Thanks
Kirill