examples/org.eclipse.ui.examples.uriSchemeHandler/src/org/eclipse/ui/examples/urischemehandler/commandHandlers/OpenUrlEventCreationHandler.java

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 *     SAP SE - initial version
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package org.eclipse.ui.examples.urischemehandler.commandHandlers;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import org.eclipse.core.commands.AbstractHandler;
import org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;

/**
 * Command handler that creates an <code>SWT.OpenUlr</code> event to "simulate"
 * a user clicking on an URL.
 *
 */
public class OpenUrlEventCreationHandler extends AbstractHandler {

	@Override
	public Object execute(ExecutionEvent e) {
		Event event = new Event();
		event.text = "hello://demo.url"; //$NON-NLS-1$
		event.type = SWT.OpenUrl;

		invokeSendEvent(event);

		return null;
	}

	private void invokeSendEvent(Event event) {
		Display display = Display.getDefault();
		try {
			Method sendEventMethod = display.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("sendEvent", int.class, Event.class); //$NON-NLS-1$
			sendEventMethod.setAccessible(true);
			sendEventMethod.invoke(display, event.type, event);
		} catch (NoSuchMethodException | SecurityException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException
				| InvocationTargetException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}