how to embed SWT browser in swing jframe

Here is a working example on GIT showing how to embed SWT in a traditional Swing JPanel:
https://gist.github.com/caprica/6890618 (Text version: here)

The trick is to create a java.awt.Canvas linked to an SWT shell. This canvas can be added to any tradionnal Swing component. The SWT shell loop is managed by a separate thread.

Here is a screenshot on my Windows 7 box with Java 7:
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