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Bug 366980

Summary:	R4E does not allow to compare xml file
Product:	z_Archived	Reporter:	Jacques Bouthillier <lmcbout>
Component:	Mylyn	Assignee:	Project Inbox <r4e-triaged>
Status:	CLOSED MOVED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	fchouinard, sebastien.dubois
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows Vista
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	399536

Description Jacques Bouthillier

2011-12-16 15:53:41 EST

When opening an xml file (plugin.xml) in the compare editor from the review, I get the following error in the error log view:
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
	at org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.compare.PluginStructureCreator.parsePlugin(PluginStructureCreator.java:119)
	at org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.compare.PluginStructureCreator.createStructureComparator(PluginStructureCreator.java:90)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureCreator.getStructure(StructureCreator.java:76)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureCreator.internalCreateStructure(StructureCreator.java:125)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureCreator.access$0(StructureCreator.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureCreator$1.run(StructureCreator.java:91)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
	at org.eclipse.compare.internal.Utilities.runInUIThread(Utilities.java:838)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureCreator.createStructure(StructureCreator.java:97)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureDiffViewer$StructureInfo.createStructure(StructureDiffViewer.java:155)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureDiffViewer$StructureInfo.refresh(StructureDiffViewer.java:133)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureDiffViewer$StructureInfo.setInput(StructureDiffViewer.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureDiffViewer.compareInputChanged(StructureDiffViewer.java:352)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureDiffViewer$2.run(StructureDiffViewer.java:74)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureDiffViewer$6.run(StructureDiffViewer.java:322)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureDiffViewer.compareInputChanged(StructureDiffViewer.java:319)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureDiffViewer.compareInputChanged(StructureDiffViewer.java:307)
	at org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.StructureDiffViewer.inputChanged(StructureDiffViewer.java:278)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ContentViewer.setInput(ContentViewer.java:280)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.setInput(StructuredViewer.java:1690)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareViewerSwitchingPane.java:277)
	at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:132)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feedInput(CompareEditorInput.java:747)
	at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.createContents(CompareEditorInput.java:555)
	at org.eclipse.mylyn.reviews.r4e.ui.internal.editors.R4ECompareEditorInput.createContents(R4ECompareEditorInput.java:283)

Comment 1 Eclipse Webmaster

2022-11-15 11:45:08 EST

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