@SuppressWarnings("deprecation") public Object start(IApplicationContext appContext) throws Exception { Display display = createDisplay(); // processor must be created before we start event loop DelayedEventsProcessor processor = new DelayedEventsProcessor(display); try { // look and see if there's a splash shell we can parent off of Shell shell = WorkbenchPlugin.getSplashShell(display); if (shell != null) { // should should set the icon and message for this shell to be the // same as the chooser dialog - this will be the guy that lives in // the task bar and without these calls you'd have the default icon // with no message. shell.setText(ChooseWorkspaceDialog.getWindowTitle()); shell.setImages(Dialog.getDefaultImages()); } Object instanceLocationCheck = checkInstanceLocation(shell, appContext.getArguments()); if (instanceLocationCheck != null) { WorkbenchPlugin.unsetSplashShell(display); Platform.endSplash(); return instanceLocationCheck; } // create the workbench with this advisor and run it until it exits // N.B. createWorkbench remembers the advisor, and also registers // the workbench globally so that all UI plug-ins can find it using // PlatformUI.getWorkbench() or AbstractUIPlugin.getWorkbench() int returnCode = PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(display, new IDEWorkbenchAdvisor( processor)); // the workbench doesn't support relaunch yet (bug 61809) so // for now restart is used, and exit data properties are checked // here to substitute in the relaunch return code if needed if (returnCode != PlatformUI.RETURN_RESTART) { return EXIT_OK; } // if the exit code property has been set to the relaunch code, then // return that code now, otherwise this is a normal restart return EXIT_RELAUNCH.equals(Integer.getInteger(PROP_EXIT_CODE)) ? EXIT_RELAUNCH : EXIT_RESTART; } finally { if (display != null) { display.dispose(); } Location instanceLoc = Platform.getInstanceLocation(); if (instanceLoc != null) { instanceLoc.release(); } } }