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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ui;
/**
* Plug-ins that register a startup extension will be activated after
* the Workbench initializes and have an opportunity to run
* code that can't be implemented using the normal contribution
* mechanisms.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
public interface IStartup {
/**
* Will be called in a separate thread after the workbench initializes.
* <p>
* Note that most workbench methods must be called in the UI thread
* since they may access SWT. For example, to obtain the current workbench
* window, use:
* <code>
* <pre>
* final IWorkbench workbench = PlatformUI.getWorkbench();
* workbench.getDisplay().asyncExec(new Runnable() {
* public void run() {
* IWorkbenchWindow window = workbench.getActiveWorkbenchWindow();
* if (window != null) {
* // do something
* }
* }
* });
* </pre>
* </code>
* </p>
* @see org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display#asyncExec
* @see org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display#syncExec
*/
public void earlyStartup();
}