On Ubuntu, using SWT to embed awt/swing code causes eclipse crash issues

configuration : Ubuntu 13.04 + Eclipse4.3 + JRE 7

Symptom : Open an Eclipse view with an inline awt/swing code, eclipse directly hangs out

cause : Both awt/swing and SWT use locks to protect their threads when accessing GTK. AWT uses the GTK lock, but SWT uses its own lock. When using SWT to access AWT, an error occurs.

workaround : Use the following code in the code that accesses AWT with SWT:

Uimanager.setlookandfeel (Uimanager.getsystemlookandfeelclassname ());

Modified to:

if (Platform.WS_GTK.equals (Platform.getws ())) {Uimanager.setlookandfeel ("Javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel      ");      } else {Uimanager.setlookandfeel (Uimanager.getsystemlookandfeelclassname ()); }

Reference: HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/NKAVIANI/CA.UBC.MAGIC.PARTITIONING.ANALYZER.PLUGIN.ECLIPSE/ISSUES/3

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=341799

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