maximize applicationwindow of an Eclipse-RCP-application

To maximize the mainwindow of an Eclipse-RCP-application at the gun (full screen), the method createWindowContents(..) in the class ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor must be overwritten.

import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.ui.application.ActionBarAdvisor;
import org.eclipse.ui.application.IActionBarConfigurer;
import org.eclipse.ui.application.IWorkbenchWindowConfigurer;
import org.eclipse.ui.application.WorkbenchWindowAdvisor;
 
public class ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor extends WorkbenchWindowAdvisor {
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   @Override
   public void createWindowContents(Shell shell) {
      super.createWindowContents(shell);
      shell.setMaximized(true);
   }
}

see also: applicationwindow, set size