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when to use syncExec? [message #635542]

Wed, 27 October 2010 09:50

Aparna Argade

Messages: 60
Registered: October 2010

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I'm learning SWTBot and creating my first test to create a new project in our eclipse based product.
After clicking the menus for creating a new project, a dialog appears in which I give name of the project and click Finish. My SWTBOT test code is as:
public void testcreateNewProject() throws Exception {
bot.menu("File").menu("New").menu("Xtensa C/C++ Project").click();
SWTBotText prjName = bot.textInGroup("Project Name");
prjName.setText("MyNewProject4");
bot.button("Finish").click();
}

The new project gets created but with exception as:
org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Failed to execute runnable (org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Widget is disposed)
at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4083)
at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:3998)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchr onizer.java:137)
and so on..

I see that the widgets on the dialog are grey (they should be white) but the name gets typed and Finish gets clicked. While the progress bar is there on the screen, the test finishes.

I tried with UIThreadRunnable.syncExec but I don't inderstand which arg I need to give as the parameter to syncExec. Should I just just VoidResult? First of all, is it necessory to use syncExec in this case?
Please guide me when to use UIThreadRunnable.syncExec and also its args.
Where can I get detailed threading model architecture of SWTBOT?

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Re: when to use syncExec? [message #636655 is a reply to message #635542]

Tue, 02 November 2010 11:04

Tim S

Messages: 7
Registered: August 2010

Junior Member

You definitely don't have to use syncExec or asyncExec. This will run your code in the UI thread and that is exactly what should not happen.

The only case in which you need to use these methods is when you're accessing SWT widgets directly, but that is highly discouraged unless you're extending SWTBot with your own classes (for instance to be able to test widgets that SWTBot doesn't know about).

About the exception you get, it's hard to say what causes it without knowing more about your project. It originates from some thread that accesses a widget that is already disposed. Possibly one of the widgets in the wizard. You may want to slow down SWTBot to see what's going on (see http:// wiki.eclipse.org/SWTBot/FAQ#Can_I_slow_down_the_execution_sp eed_of_SWTBot_tests.3F).

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