Java Tutorial/SWT/SWT Thread

17. SWT Time-Consuming Operation UI Pattern

SWT does not allow non-UI threads to access user interface components directly.

   <source lang="java">

Thread operationThread = new Thread() {

       public void run() {
           // time-consuming operations
           display.asyncExec/syncExec(new Runnable() {
               public void run() {
               // UI Updating procedures go here ...
               }
           });
       }
   };
   operationThread.start();</source>
   
  
 
  

Professional Java Interfaces with SWT/JFace by Jackwind Li Guojie John Wiley & Sons 2005