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Bug 326856

Summary:	Running compare shows: "Could not open the editor: An unexpected exception was thrown."
Product:	z_Archived	Reporter:	pugorg
Component:	PDT	Assignee:	PHP UI <php.ui-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	berlioz, coding, jacek.pospychala, jerome, kazm, petyo_tanchev, tomasz.zarna
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description pugorg

2010-10-03 02:14:23 EDT

Build Identifier: 20100917-0705

If compare finds no differences, a window appears telling that without any error. 

Else the following message:

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.php.internal.core.format.FormatPreferencesSupport.verifyValidity(FormatPreferencesSupport.java:100)
	at org.eclipse.php.internal.core.format.FormatPreferencesSupport.getIndentationChar(FormatPreferencesSupport.java:89)
	at org.eclipse.php.internal.ui.editor.configuration.PHPStructuredTextViewerConfiguration.getIndentPrefixes(PHPStructuredTextViewerConfiguration.java:448)
	at org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui.internal.StructuredTextViewer.configure(StructuredTextViewer.java:311)
	at org.eclipse.php.internal.ui.compare.MergeSourceViewer.configure(MergeSourceViewer.java:542)
	at org.eclipse.php.internal.ui.compare.TextMergeViewer$ContributorInfo.internalSetDocument(TextMergeViewer.java:546)
	at org.eclipse.php.internal.ui.compare.TextMergeViewer$ContributorInfo.setDocument(TextMergeViewer.java:434)
	at org.eclipse.php.internal.ui.compare.TextMergeViewer.updateContent(TextMergeViewer.java:2569)
	at org.eclipse.php.internal.ui.compare.ContentMergeViewer.internalRefresh(ContentMergeViewer.java:814)
	at org.eclipse.php.internal.ui.compare.ContentMergeViewer.inputChanged(ContentMergeViewer.java:704)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ContentViewer.setInput(ContentViewer.java:274)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareViewerSwitchingPane.java:276)
	at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareContentViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareContentViewerSwitchingPane.java:158)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.internalSetContentPaneInput(CompareEditorInput.java:844)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.access$8(CompareEditorInput.java:842)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput$11.run(CompareEditorInput.java:778)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feed1(CompareEditorInput.java:772)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feedInput(CompareEditorInput.java:750)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.createContents(CompareEditorInput.java:554)
	at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.createCompareControl(CompareEditor.java:456)
	at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.createPartControl(CompareEditor.java:414)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPartHelper(EditorReference.java:670)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPart(EditorReference.java:465)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:595)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.getEditor(EditorReference.java:289)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditorBatched(WorkbenchPage.java:2863)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2768)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.access$11(WorkbenchPage.java:2760)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$10.run(WorkbenchPage.java:2711)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2707)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2691)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2682)
	at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin$1.run(CompareUIPlugin.java:518)
	at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.syncExec(CompareUIPlugin.java:1258)
	at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.internalOpenEditor(CompareUIPlugin.java:529)
	at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.openCompareEditor(CompareUIPlugin.java:491)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareUI.openCompareEditorOnPage(CompareUI.java:168)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareUI.openCompareEditor(CompareUI.java:137)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareUI.openCompareEditor(CompareUI.java:121)
	at org.eclipse.team.svn.ui.compare.ResourceCompareInput.openCompareEditor(ResourceCompareInput.java:117)
	at org.eclipse.team.svn.ui.operation.CompareResourcesInternalOperation$4$1.run(CompareResourcesInternalOperation.java:175)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UILockListener.doPendingWork(UILockListener.java:164)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer$3.run(UISynchronizer.java:158)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:134)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:3515)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3164)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2640)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2604)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2438)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:671)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:664)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:115)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:369)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:619)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:574)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1407)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1383)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right-click file to compare, Compare with, Base from Working Copy
2. new tab opens with the above error

Comment 1 pugorg

2010-10-03 02:19:21 EDT

arch: x86_64

Comment 2 Krzysztof Kazmierczyk

2010-10-04 16:04:22 EDT

It seems to be rather pdt bug than compare.

pugorg can you change product to pdt?

Comment 3 Jérôme Vieilledent

2010-10-05 01:52:12 EDT

Hi

I have the same problem after update to Eclipse 3.6.1 / epp.package.php 1.3.1
This is a major issue and I had to rollback the update

Comment 4 David Berlioz

2010-10-05 08:26:06 EDT

same pb on eclipse@ubuntu10.04(x64)

détail of eclipse install
  	2.6.0.v20100914-1218	org.eclipse.emf.edit.ui_root
  Eclipse XML Editors and Tools	3.2.2.v201008170029-7H7AFUQDxumQGOpBqffOY2f1qxDZ	org.eclipse.wst.xml_ui.feature.feature.group
  EMF - Eclipse Modeling Framework SDK	2.6.1.v20100914-1218	org.eclipse.emf.sdk.feature.group
  Mylyn Task List (Required)	3.4.2.v20100916-0100-e3x-7Z7f77FBBoPbPQeUoFeZXJ8	org.eclipse.mylyn_feature.feature.group
  Mylyn Task-Focused Interface (Recommended)	3.4.2.v20100916-0100-e3x-777718s73533L3L135331	org.eclipse.mylyn.context_feature.feature.group
  PHP Development Tools (PDT) SDK Feature	2.2.1.v20100826-1100-53184QAN4IJShLXONIZhXX4Na9Od	org.eclipse.php.sdk.feature.group
  Subversive SVN Connectors	2.2.2.I20100512-1900	org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.feature.group
  Subversive SVN Team Provider (Incubation)	0.7.9.I20100512-1900	org.eclipse.team.svn.feature.group
  SVNKit 1.3.2 Implementation (Optional)	2.2.2.I20100512-1900	org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.svnkit16.feature.group
  XSD - XML Schema Definition SDK	2.6.0.v20100914-1218	org.eclipse.xsd.sdk.feature.group

Comment 5 Krzysztof Kazmierczyk

2010-10-05 09:08:46 EDT

Tomasz, it seems to be pdt bug. Could you change platform to PDT?

Comment 6 Tomasz Zarna

2010-10-05 09:26:25 EDT

Moving to PDT to comment. Thanks Krzysztof.

Comment 7 Jacek Pospychala

2010-10-05 09:33:48 EDT

hi Guys,
thanks for reporting.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 324051 ***

Comment 8 Petyo Tanchev

2010-10-06 03:02:18 EDT

Duplicated.
Closing