UISynchronize (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.e4.ui.di.UISynchronize

```
public abstract class UISynchronize
extends Object
```
Widget toolkit abstract to synchronize back into the UI-Thread from other threads

Since:

1.0

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

UISynchronize()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract void`	`asyncExec(Runnable runnable)`	Schedules the runnable on the UI-Thread for execution and returns immediately
`protected abstract boolean`	`dispatchEvents()`	Request to perform an event dispatch cycle.
`protected abstract boolean`	`isUIThread(Thread thread)`	Checks if the given thread is the UI-Thread.
`protected abstract void`	`showBusyWhile(Runnable runnable)`	Shows a busy-indicator to the user while this runnable is executed, long running operations in the UI thread may freeze the UI.
`abstract void`	`syncExec(Runnable runnable)`	Executes the runnable on the UI-Thread and blocks until the runnable is finished

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - UISynchronize
```
public UISynchronize()
```
- Method Detail
  - syncExec
```
public abstract void syncExec(Runnable runnable)
```
    Executes the runnable on the UI-Thread and blocks until the runnable is finished
    
    Parameters:
    
    runnable - the runnable to execute
  - asyncExec
```
public abstract void asyncExec(Runnable runnable)
```
    Schedules the runnable on the UI-Thread for execution and returns immediately
    
    Parameters:
    
    runnable - the runnable to execute
  - isUIThread
```
protected abstract boolean isUIThread(Thread thread)
```
    Checks if the given thread is the UI-Thread.
    
    Parameters:
    
    thread - to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the thread is the UI-Thread false otherwise
    
    Since:
    
    1.3
  - showBusyWhile
```
protected abstract void showBusyWhile(Runnable runnable)
```
    Shows a busy-indicator to the user while this runnable is executed, long running operations in the UI thread may freeze the UI.
    
    Parameters:
    
    runnable - the runnable to execute
    
    Since:
    
    1.3
  - dispatchEvents
```
protected abstract boolean dispatchEvents()
```
    Request to perform an event dispatch cycle.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if there might be more work to perform false otherwise
    
    Since:
    
    1.3