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Re: Albireo (Swing/SWT integration) alpha available [message #6726] Thu, 17 April 2008 22:57 Go to next message
Gordon Hirsch is currently offline Gordon HirschFriend
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Stuart Pond wrote:
> Is there a new and noteworthy section. What functionality is implemented in
> this drop?

That sounds like a good idea :-).

I added a feature list to the download page

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Albireo_Download

This information was in our EclipseCon slides, but unfortunately nowhere
else. I hope it helps give you an idea of what's there. We'd be happy to
provide details and clarifications. I'm copying this response to the
eclipse.technology.albireo newsgroup which would be the best place for
followups.

Bear with us as we get better release processes in place.


>
> "Bruno Haible" <haible@ilog.fr> wrote in message
> news:fu550a$38p$1@build.eclipse.org...
>> The Albireo project creates an Swing/SWT integration facility that is
>> based
>> on the SWT_AWT bridge but should provide a better out-of-the-box
>> experience.
>>
>> The alpha release of Albireo is available for download from the project
>> wiki
>> page:
>>
>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Albireo_Project
>>
>> The download page is here:
>>
>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Albireo_Download
>>
>> and the basic documentation is here:
>>
>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Albireo_Documentation
>>
>>
>> Enjoy! Please report any problems with it to the mailing list
>> (albireo-dev@...).
>>
>> Bruno
>>
>
>
Re: Albireo (Swing/SWT integration) alpha available [message #6732 is a reply to message #6726] Fri, 18 April 2008 09:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
David  Pérez is currently offline David PérezFriend
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Very interesting this project.
Has anyone tried successfully integrate Swing and SWT in an RCP app?
I know it is possible as Albireo demostrates.

What I don't like is to have 2 event threads, with the consequent sync
problems.


>>> The Albireo project creates an Swing/SWT integration facility that is
>>> based
>>> on the SWT_AWT bridge but should provide a better out-of-the-box
>>> experience.
>>>
>>> The alpha release of Albireo is available for download from the project
>>> wiki
>>> page:
Re: Albireo (Swing/SWT integration) alpha available [message #6738 is a reply to message #6732] Fri, 18 April 2008 15:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Gordon Hirsch is currently offline Gordon HirschFriend
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David Perez wrote:
> Very interesting this project.
> Has anyone tried successfully integrate Swing and SWT in an RCP app?

It's definitely being done in shipping, production-quality RCP apps. I
can't really call the integration "seamless", but it's good enough.

> I know it is possible as Albireo demostrates.
> What I don't like is to have 2 event threads, with the consequent sync
> problems.

This is indeed the main difficulty with integration as it exists today.
The extent of the difficulty depends on what you are trying to
integrate. When embedding Swing into SWT, certain types of Swing
components are just better suited to the task. In general, it's easier
to embed components that are relatively self-contained. Swing components
that require less interaction with the rest of the application result in
fewer problems with coordinating the two event threads.

That said, we have also been exploring ways to merge the two event
threads, so perhaps this will be less of an issue in the future.

>
>
>>>> The Albireo project creates an Swing/SWT integration facility that
>>>> is based
>>>> on the SWT_AWT bridge but should provide a better out-of-the-box
>>>> experience.
>>>>
>>>> The alpha release of Albireo is available for download from the
>>>> project wiki
>>>> page:
>
>
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Re: Albireo (Swing/SWT integration) alpha available [message #573915 is a reply to message #6726] Fri, 18 April 2008 09:58 Go to previous message
David  Pérez is currently offline David PérezFriend
Messages: 228
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
Very interesting this project.
Has anyone tried successfully integrate Swing and SWT in an RCP app?
I know it is possible as Albireo demostrates.

What I don't like is to have 2 event threads, with the consequent sync
problems.


>>> The Albireo project creates an Swing/SWT integration facility that is
>>> based
>>> on the SWT_AWT bridge but should provide a better out-of-the-box
>>> experience.
>>>
>>> The alpha release of Albireo is available for download from the project
>>> wiki
>>> page:
Re: Albireo (Swing/SWT integration) alpha available [message #573934 is a reply to message #6732] Fri, 18 April 2008 15:28 Go to previous message
Gordon Hirsch is currently offline Gordon HirschFriend
Messages: 100
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
David Perez wrote:
> Very interesting this project.
> Has anyone tried successfully integrate Swing and SWT in an RCP app?

It's definitely being done in shipping, production-quality RCP apps. I
can't really call the integration "seamless", but it's good enough.

> I know it is possible as Albireo demostrates.
> What I don't like is to have 2 event threads, with the consequent sync
> problems.

This is indeed the main difficulty with integration as it exists today.
The extent of the difficulty depends on what you are trying to
integrate. When embedding Swing into SWT, certain types of Swing
components are just better suited to the task. In general, it's easier
to embed components that are relatively self-contained. Swing components
that require less interaction with the rest of the application result in
fewer problems with coordinating the two event threads.

That said, we have also been exploring ways to merge the two event
threads, so perhaps this will be less of an issue in the future.

>
>
>>>> The Albireo project creates an Swing/SWT integration facility that
>>>> is based
>>>> on the SWT_AWT bridge but should provide a better out-of-the-box
>>>> experience.
>>>>
>>>> The alpha release of Albireo is available for download from the
>>>> project wiki
>>>> page:
>
>
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