ISafeRunnableRunner.java

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 *     Chris Gross (schtoo@schtoo.com) - initial API and implementation
 *       (bug 49497 [RCP] JFace dependency on org.eclipse.core.runtime enlarges standalone JFace applications)
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package org.eclipse.jface.util;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.ISafeRunnable;

/**
 * Runs a safe runnables.
 * <p>
 * Clients may provide their own implementation to change
 * how safe runnables are run from within JFace.
 * </p>
 *
 * @see SafeRunnable#getRunner()
 * @see SafeRunnable#setRunner(ISafeRunnableRunner)
 * @see SafeRunnable#run(ISafeRunnable)
 * @since 3.1
 */
public interface ISafeRunnableRunner {

	/**
	 * Runs the runnable.  All <code>ISafeRunnableRunners</code> must catch any exception
	 * thrown by the <code>ISafeRunnable</code> and pass the exception to
	 * <code>ISafeRunnable.handleException()</code>.
	 * @param code the code executed as a save runnable
	 *
	 * @see SafeRunnable#run(ISafeRunnable)
	 */
	public abstract void run(ISafeRunnable code);

}