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Bug 358383

Summary:	[Class Diagram] Class Cast Exception when trying to create an Association Class
Product:	[Modeling] Papyrus	Reporter:	Camille Letavernier <cletavernier>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Patrick Tessier <Patrick.Tessier>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
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Description Camille Letavernier

2011-09-21 05:26:47 EDT

The following exception is thrown when trying to create an Association Class on an already existing Association :

java.lang.ClassCastException: org.eclipse.papyrus.diagram.clazz.edit.parts.AssociationEditPart cannot be cast to org.eclipse.gmf.runtime.diagram.ui.editparts.GraphicalEditPart
	at org.eclipse.papyrus.diagram.clazz.custom.helper.AssociationClassHelper.getAssociationClassElementCommand(AssociationClassHelper.java:251)
	at org.eclipse.papyrus.diagram.clazz.custom.policies.CustomGraphicalNodeEditPolicy.getCommand(CustomGraphicalNodeEditPolicy.java:60)
	at org.eclipse.gef.editparts.AbstractEditPart.getCommand(AbstractEditPart.java:502)
	[...]
	
	
There seems to be a confusion between GEF.GraphicalEditPart, GMF.IGraphicalEditPart and GMF.GraphicalEditPart, with unchecked, optimistic casts.
	
However, it is still possible to create an association class directly from two classes.

Steps to reproduce :

- Create two classes
- Create an association between these two classes
- Create an association class on the association

Workaround :

- Create two classes
- Create an association class between these two classes (Another exception is thrown, but this is another story, and this doesn't prevent the association class creation)

Comment 1 Patrick Tessier

2012-07-06 11:29:55 EDT

Fixed in the version 8556

if this not a graphical editpart  unexecutableCommand is returned