[news.eclipse.tools.gef] Re: None-UI thread model updates and Display.ge

["CL [dnoyeb] Gilbert" <Lamont_Gilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Randy Hudson wrote:
> > Exactly what I do.  In my property listeners I create a runnable to handle 
> > the call to refreshVisuals().  Actually my runnable is a class member and 
> > not a local variable.
> >
> > I pass my runnable into a display I get by calling
> >
> > getViewer().getControl().getDisplay();
> >
> > I use syncExec
> >
> > CL
>
>
> Anytime you do something like that you should catch any NPEs.  It is 
> possible that the editor gets closed, or the editpart is removed from the 
> viewer, etc. after the background event has been dispatched but before your 
> code runs. 

Ahh, good thing I use syncExec then right?  Closing the editor requires 
the GUI thread IIRC, so syncExec should ensure my job is performed first?

Bah, but so I dont have to fight through all the possibilities ill catch 
the NPE.  Thanks for the tip.


CL