[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: Content provider with a long loading tim

[Mario Winterer <mario.winterer@xxxxxxx>]

Does a DeferredContentProvider work for lazy trees too?
For trees that want to defer loading of child nodes, 
DeferredTreeContentManager should be used I think.


Tom Schindl schrieb:
> - DeferredContentProvider
> - Fetch the Data into an Collection (outside to UI-Thread e.g. using
>   BusyCursor or IProgressService) and pass this list to the viewer
>   the content provider is then a simply ArrayContentProvider
>
> Tom
>
> André Ribeiro schrieb:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a tree that uses a content provider to be populated.
> > The content provider is getting the data from a remote database (using
> > EclipseLink, over the network), and so is a bit long operation.
> > When this loading is happening my RCP is completely blocked.
> >
> > Could anybody suggest me the correct way to do this operation?
> >
> > I though of eclipse.jobs and monitors, is it an (/the most) appropriate
> > solution?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > André