Bug 175174 [ErrorHandling] Back out of ILogDialog
We have determined that plugging an alternate dialog into the JFace layer will not cover our status handling requirements without breaking look and feel. It is possible to create an ErrorDialog using both the static method and the constructor. Moreover the ErrorDialog is subclassed frequently (10 times in the SDK currently) so using an alternate dialog breaks consistency. Our API request is to delete the experimental ILogDialog method and it's references.
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/dialogs/MessageDialog.java
* <code>null</code>. Subclasses may override.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param parent
     *            parent composite to contain the custom area
     * @return the custom area control, or <code>null</code>
     */
    protected Control createCustomArea(Composite parent) {
        return null;
    }
    /**
     * This implementation of the <code>Dialog</code> framework method creates
     * and lays out a composite and calls <code>createMessageArea</code> and
     * <code>createCustomArea</code> to populate it. Subclasses should
     * override <code>createCustomArea</code> to add contents below the
     * message.
     */
    protected Control createDialogArea(Composite parent) {
        
        createMessageArea(parent);
        
        Composite composite = new Composite(parent, SWT.NONE);
        GridLayout layout = new GridLayout();
        layout.marginHeight = 0;
        layout.marginWidth = 0;
        composite.setLayout(layout);
        GridData data = new GridData(GridData.FILL_BOTH);
        data.horizontalSpan = 2;
        composite.setLayoutData(data);