org.eclipse.swt.custom

Class BusyIndicator

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator

public class BusyIndicator
extends java.lang.Object

Support for showing a Busy Cursor during a long running process.

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BusyIndicator snippets, Sample code and further information

Structure Diagram

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
(package private) static java.lang.String	BUSY_CURSOR
(package private) static java.lang.String	BUSYID_NAME
(package private) static int	nextBusyId

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BusyIndicator()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	showWhile(Display display, java.lang.Runnable runnable) Runs the given Runnable while providing busy feedback using this busy indicator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

nextBusyId

static int nextBusyId

BUSYID_NAME

static final java.lang.String BUSYID_NAME

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Constant Field Values

BUSY_CURSOR

static final java.lang.String BUSY_CURSOR

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

BusyIndicator

public BusyIndicator()

Method Detail

showWhile

public static void showWhile(Display display,
             java.lang.Runnable runnable)

Runs the given Runnable while providing busy feedback using this busy indicator.

Parameters:

display - the display on which the busy feedback should be displayed. If the display is null, the Display for the current thread will be used. If there is no Display for the current thread, the runnable code will be executed and no busy feedback will be displayed.

runnable - the runnable for which busy feedback is to be shown. Must not be null.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException -

• ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT - if the runnable is null