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+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id: codetemplates.xml 1 2011-01-01 00:00:01Z hoelzl $
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2012 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          |
+| you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         |
+| You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  |
+|                                                                          |
+|    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            |
+|                                                                          |
+| Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      |
+| distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        |
+| WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
+| See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
+| limitations under the License.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.dialog;
+
+import org.conqat.ide.commons.ui.dialog.MessageUtils;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
+
+/**
+ * This class contains additional methods w.r.t. {@link MessageUtils}.
+ * 
+ * @author bugariu
+ * @author $Author: hoelzl $
+ * @version $Rev: 18709 $
+ * @ConQAT.Rating YELLOW Hash: CD929ED7F7EE80401952345E7B58AFAF
+ */
+public class MessageUtilsExtended {
+
+	/** Opens an info dialog in the UI thread. */
+	public static void showInfoInUIThread(final String title, final String message) {
+		syncExec(new Runnable() {
+			@Override
+			public void run() {
+				MessageUtils.showInfo(title, message);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	/** Execute runnable in the UI thread */
+	private static void syncExec(Runnable runnable) {
+		Display.getDefault().syncExec(runnable);
+	}
+}