[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: How to get notified that the platform ha

[Nick Edgar <nick_edgar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would keep using the startup extension, but you can check to see if 
the workbench is still running using PlatformUI.isWorkbenchRunning().
If this doesn't meet your needs, please file a feature request against 
Platform UI using Bugzilla.

Nick

djcody wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to get notification that the platform has started. because if I try 
> to run "PlatformUI.getWorkbench().close();" during platform startup (in 
> plugin start method) it brings an error message and shutdown. It is not 
> working at all if I shedule a job to shut down a platform, because it gets 
> null pointer exception.
>
> I need to get a "clean shutdown".
>
> The all task is to get user authorisation parameters on platform startup, so 
> I impemented it on plugin start method, but if user refuses to enter 
> credentials the platform should shut down.
>
> If I could register listener about platform has finished starting, I could 
> implement user authorisation in an event and make a clean shutdoen if 
> needed.
>
> Does anyone have a proper sugestion or some links for reading :)?