Some Eclipse Foundation services are deprecated, or will be soon. Please ensure you've read this important communication.

Bug 366932

Summary:	NullPointerException after validating a launch configuration
Product:	[Eclipse Project] PDE	Reporter:	Tomasz Zarna <tomasz.zarna>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Curtis Windatt <curtis.windatt.public>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	curtis.windatt.public, remy.suen
Version:	3.8
Target Milestone:	3.8 M5
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Tomasz Zarna

2011-12-16 06:37:18 EST

Found in the Error Log after validating a launch configuration.

-- Error Details --
Date: Fri Dec 16 12:31:36 CET 2011
Message: Unhandled event loop exception
Severity: Error
Product: Eclipse SDK 3.8.0.v201112091447 (org.eclipse.sdk.ide)
Plugin: org.eclipse.ui
Session Data:
eclipse.buildId=I20111209-1447
java.fullversion=JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Windows XP x86-32 jvmwi3260sr7-20091214_49398 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - 20091214_049398
JIT  - r9_20091123_13891
GC   - 20091111_AA
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=pl_PL
Command-line arguments:  -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86

Exception Stack Trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.pde.internal.launching.launcher.LaunchValidationOperation.hasErrors(LaunchValidationOperation.java:146)
	at org.eclipse.pde.internal.launching.launcher.EclipsePluginValidationOperation.hasErrors(EclipsePluginValidationOperation.java:76)
	at org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.launcher.AbstractPluginBlock.handleValidate(AbstractPluginBlock.java:974)
	at org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.launcher.AbstractPluginBlock$Listener.widgetSelected(AbstractPluginBlock.java:209)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:240)
	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.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:825)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:801)
	at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.launchConfigurations.LaunchConfigurationsDialog.open(LaunchConfigurationsDialog.java:1132)
	at org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugUITools$2.run(DebugUITools.java:579)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
	at org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugUITools.openLaunchConfigurationDialogOnGroup(DebugUITools.java:587)
	at org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugUITools.openLaunchConfigurationDialogOnGroup(DebugUITools.java:521)
	at org.eclipse.debug.ui.actions.OpenLaunchDialogAction.run(OpenLaunchDialogAction.java:81)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:498)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:584)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:501)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:411)
	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:2701)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2665)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2499)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:679)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:668)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124)
	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:352)
	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:48)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:600)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:624)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:579)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1433)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1409)

Comment 1 Curtis Windatt

2011-12-16 13:19:34 EST

Problem is in AbstractPluginBlock line 968.  We run the operation in a try/catch block and log any thrown exceptions.  However, we then continue to access the operation's data.

Comment 2 Curtis Windatt

2012-01-17 16:41:01 EST

Fixed in master.  Moved the rest of the validation code inside the try/catch block.