--- a/dwtx/jface/util/Policy.d	Mon May 19 13:41:06 2008 +0200
+++ b/dwtx/jface/util/Policy.d	Thu May 22 01:36:46 2008 +0200
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- *
+ * 
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *     Chris Gross (schtoo@schtoo.com) - support for ILogger added
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
 module dwtx.jface.util.Policy;
 
 static import dwtx.core.runtime.Assert;
+import dwt.events.DisposeEvent;
+import dwt.events.DisposeListener;
+import dwt.widgets.Display;
 import dwtx.core.runtime.IStatus;
+import dwtx.core.runtime.Status;
 import dwtx.jface.dialogs.AnimatorFactory;
 import dwtx.jface.dialogs.ErrorSupportProvider;
 
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@
     /**
      * The unique identifier of the JFace plug-in.
      */
-    public static const String JFACE = "dwtx.jface";//$NON-NLS-1$
+    public static const String JFACE = "dwtx.jface"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
     private static ILogger log;
 
@@ -66,6 +70,8 @@
 
     private static ErrorSupportProvider errorSupportProvider;
 
+    private static StatusHandler statusHandler;
+
     /**
      * Returns the dummy log to use if none has been set
      */
@@ -114,6 +120,64 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Sets the status handler used by JFace to handle statuses.
+     * 
+     * @param status
+     *            the handler to use, or <code>null</code> to use the default
+     *            one
+     * @since 3.4
+     */
+    public static void setStatusHandler(StatusHandler status) {
+        statusHandler = status;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the status handler used by JFace to handle statuses.
+     * 
+     * @return the status handler
+     * @since 3.4
+     */
+    public static StatusHandler getStatusHandler() {
+        if (statusHandler is null) {
+            statusHandler = getDummyStatusHandler();
+        }
+        return statusHandler;
+    }
+
+    private static StatusHandler getDummyStatusHandler() {
+        return new StatusHandler() {
+            private SafeRunnableDialog dialog;
+
+            public void show(final IStatus status, String title) {
+                Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
+                    public void run() {
+                        if (dialog is null || dialog.getShell().isDisposed()) {
+                            dialog = new SafeRunnableDialog(status);
+                            dialog.create();
+                            dialog.getShell().addDisposeListener(
+                                    new DisposeListener() {
+                                        public void widgetDisposed(
+                                                DisposeEvent e) {
+                                            dialog = null;
+                                        }
+                                    });
+                            dialog.open();
+                        } else {
+                            dialog.addStatus(status);
+                            dialog.refresh();
+                        }
+                    }
+                };
+                if (Display.getCurrent() !is null) {
+                    runnable.run();
+                } else {
+                    Display.getDefault().asyncExec(runnable);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Return the default comparator used by JFace to sort strings.
      *
      * @return a default comparator used by JFace to sort strings
@@ -207,11 +271,24 @@
     /**
      * Return the ErrorSupportProvider for the receiver.
      *
-     * @return ErrorSupportProvider or <code>null</code> if this has not been set
+     * @return ErrorSupportProvider or <code>null</code> if this has not been
+     *         set
      * @since 3.3
      */
     public static ErrorSupportProvider getErrorSupportProvider() {
         return errorSupportProvider;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Log the Exception to the logger.
+     * 
+     * @param exception
+     */
+    public static void logException(Exception exception) {
+        getLog().log(
+                new Status(IStatus.ERROR, JFACE, exception
+                        .getLocalizedMessage(), exception));
+
+    }
+
 }