I think you need to look *when* you actually need the selection listener
registered.
Normally it is not something to do at startup, but more when your gfx
part (editor/view etc.) gets created you need to start to listen.
/max
CC-ing to jbosstools-dev for more exposure
> Début du message réexpédié :
>
> De: Ian Stewart-Binks <istewart(a)redhat.com>
> Objet: Quick SWT Question
> Date: 15 juillet 2015 09:05:06 UTC−4
> À: Denis Golovin <degolovi(a)redhat.com>
> Cc: Fred Bricon <fbricon(a)redhat.com>
>
> Hi Denis,
>
> I'm the JBoss Tools intern here at Red Hat, working on an Eclipse
> plugin called Buildship[1].
>
> I have an SWT related question, and my mentor, Fred Bricon, has
> suggested that I ask it to you.
>
> The plugin I'm working with makes a call to
> getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow() in the plugin's Activator's
> .start() method.
> This call returns null when it is not run on the UI thread, so the
> code is assuming that the .start() method will always
> be run on the UI thread. The AbstractUIPlugin[2] states that the
> deprecated method startup(), which start() is meant to replace cannot
> assume that it is run on the UI thread. This may be a bit pedantic:
> the specification for start() doesn't mention anything about the UI
> thread- is it still the case that we can't assume the start() method
> is run on the UI thread?
>
> If it is the case that the start method can't assume that it's run on
> the UI thread, I will need to change some of the code to ensure that
> this assumption is not made.
>
> The offending line attempts to register a selection listener. Here it
> is:
> ((ISelectionService)
>
getWorkbench().getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getService(ISelectionService.class)).addSelectionListener(this.contextActivatingSelectionListener);
>
> Do you know of any other ways to register this listener?
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Ian
>
> [1] -
https://github.com/eclipse/buildship/
> [2] -
>
http://help.eclipse.org/mars/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc....
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