Eclipse Platform
Release 3.0

org.eclipse.core.resources
Class WorkspaceJob

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.eclipse.core.runtime.PlatformObject
      extended byorg.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.InternalJob
          extended byorg.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job
              extended byorg.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob
                  extended byorg.eclipse.core.resources.WorkspaceJob
All Implemented Interfaces:
Comparable, IAdaptable

public abstract class WorkspaceJob
extends org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob

A job that makes an atomic modification to the workspace. Clients must implement the abstract method runInWorkspace instead of the usual Job.run method.

After running a method that modifies resources in the workspace, registered listeners receive after-the-fact notification of what just transpired, in the form of a resource change event. This method allows clients to call a number of methods that modify resources and only have resource change event notifications reported at the end of the entire batch.

A WorkspaceJob is the asynchronous equivalent of IWorkspaceRunnable

Note that the workspace is not locked against other threads during the execution of a workspace job. Other threads can be modifying the workspace concurrently with a workspace job. To obtain exclusive access to a portion of the workspace, set the scheduling rule on the job to be a resource scheduling rule. The interface IResourceRuleFactory is used to create a scheduling rule for a particular workspace modification operation.

Since:
3.0
See Also:
IWorkspaceRunnable, IResourceRuleFactory, IWorkspace.run(IWorkspaceRunnable, ISchedulingRule, int, IProgressMonitor)

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job
ASYNC_FINISH, BUILD, DECORATE, INTERACTIVE, LONG, NONE, RUNNING, SHORT, SLEEPING, WAITING
 
Constructor Summary
WorkspaceJob(String name)
          Creates a new workspace job.
 
Method Summary
abstract  IStatus runInWorkspace(IProgressMonitor monitor)
          Runs the operation, reporting progress to and accepting cancelation requests from the given progress monitor.
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.InternalWorkspaceJob
run
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job
addJobChangeListener, belongsTo, cancel, done, getName, getPriority, getProperty, getResult, getRule, getState, getThread, isBlocking, isSystem, isUser, join, removeJobChangeListener, schedule, schedule, setName, setPriority, setProgressGroup, setProperty, setRule, setSystem, setThread, setUser, shouldRun, shouldSchedule, sleep, wakeUp, wakeUp
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.InternalJob
compareTo, toString
 
Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.runtime.PlatformObject
getAdapter
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable
getAdapter
 

Constructor Detail

WorkspaceJob

public WorkspaceJob(String name)
Creates a new workspace job.

Parameters:
name - the name of the job
Method Detail

runInWorkspace

public abstract IStatus runInWorkspace(IProgressMonitor monitor)
                                throws CoreException
Runs the operation, reporting progress to and accepting cancelation requests from the given progress monitor.

Implementors of this method should check the progress monitor for cancelation when it is safe and appropriate to do so. The cancelation request should be propagated to the caller by throwing OperationCanceledException.

Parameters:
monitor - a progress monitor, or null if progress reporting and cancelation are not desired
Returns:
the result of running the operation
Throws:
CoreException - if this operation fails.

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