SWT and threads

[bilbo]

Hi there.

I have a SWT application and would like to use threads (for a ticking clock
for instance). However, I see that SWT package doesn't have Swing's timer,
or SwingUtilities for invoking Runnable objects.

How is this achieved in SWT and is it even possible, or I need to revert
back to Swing? Thanks.

 

[Marcin Grunwald]

Hi there.

I have a SWT application and would like to use threads (for a ticking
clock for instance). However, I see that SWT package doesn't have Swing's
timer, or SwingUtilities for invoking Runnable objects.

How is this achieved in SWT and is it even possible, or I need to revert
back to Swing? Thanks.

You can do with threads what you want, there aren't any limitations.
Just implement Runnable interface and start it.
If you want to access any SWT components from your thread you have to do it
using for example:

org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.getDefault().syncExec(Runnable runnable);

check also:
Display.getCurrent()
Display.asyncExec(Runnable runnable)