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non ui thread [message #528465]

Tue, 20 April 2010 11:41

Lidder
Messages: 46
Registered: July 2009

Member

Hello,

I am using a non UI thread to do some work in the background as follows:

Thread.run method
{

while(true)
{

// do some checks and redraw the UI if need be.
PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay().syncExec(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
// do some work on UI items -> MyItem.redraw()
}
});
}
}

I want the thead to run for the lifetime of my application. The problem is that if I close my application, I get a null pointer exception in the thread. I tried putting in null checks for workbench, display and everything inside the run method. But my application still crashes. What is a good paradigm here to make sure that the application is still running before invoking the run syncExec from the non UI thread. Also once it is invoked and the application closes, will I not get the null pointer exception?

Thanks.

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Re: non ui thread [message #528474 is a reply to message #528465]

Tue, 20 April 2010 12:12

Andreas Hoegger
Messages: 137
Registered: February 2010

Senior Member

The best way to work async in Eclipse is to use the job API. See
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Concurrency/jobs-api .html

To avoid the exceptions use the following code:
Label l;
Job j = new Job(){
public IStatus run(IProgressMonitor monitor){
while(!monitor.isCanceled()){
l.getDisplay().syncExec(new Runnable(){
public void run(){
if(l != null && l.isDisposed()){
l.setText("some updates")
}
}
});
}
}
};
somewhere else:
l.addDisposeListener(new DisposeListener() {
public void widgetDisposed(DisposeEvent e) {
j.cancel();
}
});

Hope it helps
Andreas

Lidder wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using a non UI thread to do some work in the background as follows:
>
> Thread.run method
> {
>
> while(true)
> {
>
> // do some checks and redraw the UI if need be.
> PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay().syncExec(new Runnable() {
> public void run() {
> // do some work on UI items -> MyItem.redraw()
> }
> });
> }
> }
> I want the thead to run for the lifetime of my application. The problem
> is that if I close my application, I get a null pointer exception in the
> thread. I tried putting in null checks for workbench, display and
> everything inside the run method. But my application still crashes. What
> is a good paradigm here to make sure that the application is still
> running before invoking the run syncExec from the non UI thread. Also
> once it is invoked and the application closes, will I not get the null
> pointer exception?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

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