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Executing background tasks [message #1772702] Thu, 14 September 2017 07:01 Go to next message
Alexander Kerner is currently offline Alexander KernerFriend
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Registered: January 2015
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Hi,

what is the recommended way to do some tasks in the background? Do it the 'SWT way'
final ProgressMonitorDialog monitor = new ProgressMonitorDialog(UtilSWT.getShell());
monitor.run(true, true, runnable);

Or the FX way?
new javafx.concurrent.Service(){[..]}.start()


Probably both should work? Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of?

E.g., does it make a difference if the Service/ ProgressMonitorDialog will update an FX component or an SWT component once done?
Re: Executing background tasks [message #1772761 is a reply to message #1772702] Thu, 14 September 2017 21:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Thomas Schindl is currently offline Thomas SchindlFriend
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1. First of all I think you are embedding JavaFX into an SWT-UI, right? I would stick with the SWT/Platform way.
2. You can call JavaFX from the SWT-Display-Thread and SWT from the JavaFX-Event-Thread because they are the same!
Re: Executing background tasks [message #1772765 is a reply to message #1772761] Thu, 14 September 2017 22:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Alexander Kerner is currently offline Alexander KernerFriend
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Registered: January 2015
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Yes, embedded FX UI..
I thought, since I am anyways working mainly with FX UI elements, I could be more consequent and do this kind of stuff the FX way as well. I will give it a try, thanks a lot!
Re: Executing background tasks [message #1772778 is a reply to message #1772765] Fri, 15 September 2017 07:02 Go to previous message
Thomas Schindl is currently offline Thomas SchindlFriend
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well let me put it this way: You should not directly reference this stuff in FX but eg hide it behind a Service-API so that you don't introduce SWT-Dependencies into your own code.
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