Bug 39003 [JFace] Window exception handler
Hi all, The org.eclipse.jface.window.Window class contains the following sequence of code: public static void setExceptionHandler(IExceptionHandler handler) { if(exceptionHandler instanceof DefaultExceptionHandler) exceptionHandler = handler; } The instanceof check actually prevents setting a custom exception handler. The DefaultExceptionHandler class is made private and cannot be extended to hack around of this code. The DefaultExceptionHandler handles exceptions by printing stacktrace to the standard output. This problem effectively prevents the use of jface Window and it's subclass ApplicationWindow classes in any non trivial application. Regards, Peter.
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/window/Window.java
private static int orientation = SWT.NONE;
    /**
     * Object used to locate the default parent for modal shells
     */
    private static IShellProvider defaultModalParent = new IShellProvider() {
        public Shell getShell() {
            Display d = Display.getCurrent();
            
            if (d == null) {
                return null;
            }
            Shell parent = d.getActiveShell();
            
            
            if (parent == null) {
                
                parent = getModalChild(Display.getCurrent().getShells());
            } else {
                
                Shell modalChild = getModalChild(parent.getShells());
                if (modalChild != null) {
                    parent = modalChild;
                }
            }
            
            return parent;
        }
    };
    
	/**