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Bug 358306

Summary: NPE when switching between source files
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Daniel <daniel.segall>
Component: TextAssignee: Platform-Text-Inbox <platform-text-inbox>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: critical    
Priority: P3 CC: daniel_megert, remy.suen
Version: 4.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
Whiteboard:

Description Daniel CLA 2011-09-20 16:55:57 EDT
Build Identifier: 20110615-0604

This is in the log file:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui.workbench 4 2 2011-09-20 16:52:52.275
!MESSAGE Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.ui.workbench".
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.SelectMarkerRulerAction.includesRulerLine(SelectMarkerRulerAction.java:293)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.JavaSelectAnnotationRulerAction.findJavaAnnotation(JavaSelectAnnotationRulerAction.java:157)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.JavaSelectAnnotationRulerAction.update(JavaSelectAnnotationRulerAction.java:108)
	at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractRulerActionDelegate.update(AbstractRulerActionDelegate.java:132)
	at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractRulerActionDelegate.setActiveEditor(AbstractRulerActionDelegate.java:89)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorPluginAction.editorChanged(EditorPluginAction.java:75)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorActionBuilder$EditorContribution.editorChanged(EditorActionBuilder.java:83)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorActionBuilder$ExternalContributor.setActiveEditor(EditorActionBuilder.java:129)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorActionBars.partChanged(EditorActionBars.java:346)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$3.run(WorkbenchPage.java:709)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:888)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.activatePart(WorkbenchPage.java:698)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.setActivePart(WorkbenchPage.java:3632)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.requestActivation(WorkbenchPage.java:3159)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.requestActivation(PartPane.java:279)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorPane.requestActivation(EditorPane.java:98)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.setFocus(PartPane.java:325)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorPane.setFocus(EditorPane.java:127)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.presentationSelectionChanged(PartStack.java:837)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.access$1(PartStack.java:823)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack$1.selectPart(PartStack.java:137)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.TabbedStackPresentation$1.handleEvent(TabbedStackPresentation.java:133)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.AbstractTabFolder.fireEvent(AbstractTabFolder.java:269)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.AbstractTabFolder.fireEvent(AbstractTabFolder.java:278)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.defaultpresentation.DefaultTabFolder.access$1(DefaultTabFolder.java:1)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.defaultpresentation.DefaultTabFolder$2.handleEvent(DefaultTabFolder.java:88)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1077)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1062)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:774)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.setSelection(CTabFolder.java:2745)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder.onMouse(CTabFolder.java:1432)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.CTabFolder$1.handleEvent(CTabFolder.java:257)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4165)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3754)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2696)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2660)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2494)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:674)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:667)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:123)
	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:344)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)


Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a bunch of Java files from within a project.
2. Switch back and forth between open tabs.

Every so often, you will get an "Error" when switching tabs.  This is serious because it causes you to lose all unsaved changes in the file.
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2011-09-20 18:32:14 EDT
See bug 357918.
Comment 2 Dani Megert CLA 2011-09-21 02:13:53 EDT

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 357918 ***