[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Access to MessageDialog object

["Francis Upton (News)" <francisu@xxxxxxxx>]

I just subclass it and put a static that points to the current instance 
for testing purposes.  I don't think there is any other way you can find it.

Nadav wrote:
> I want to write a test in JUnit to see that an Error Dialog pops up with 
> the correct message.
>
> How, in my unit test, do I get at the MessageDialog object my that my 
> program creates?
>
> I assume I need to do 
> PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay().getActiveShell() or 
> PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay().getActiveShell().getChildren(), 
> but from there I'm lost...


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*new* Common Navigator Framework section in:
   3.4RC4 Platform Plugin Developer Guide (Programmer's Guide)
http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/cnf.htm
http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/francis
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Common_Navigator_Framework
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Common_Navigator_Framework_Use_Cases


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