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Bug 385485

Summary: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Simon Goodall <simon.goodall>
Component: UIAssignee: Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.7.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
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Description Simon Goodall CLA 2012-07-19 06:19:08 EDT
This exception came up while I was performing a workspace refresh & clean. I've performed these actions various time before and not seen this happen.

-- Error Details --
Date: Thu Jul 19 11:05:11 BST 2012
Message: An internal error has occurred.
Severity: Error
Product: Eclipse 1.4.2.20120131-1457 (org.eclipse.epp.package.rcp.product)
Plugin: org.eclipse.ui
Session Data:
eclipse.buildId=M20120208-0800
java.version=1.7.0_05
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=en_GB
Framework arguments:  -product org.eclipse.epp.package.rcp.product
Command-line arguments:  -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.rcp.product -data c:\workspaces\platform\workspace

Exception Stack Trace:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!
	at java.util.TimSort.mergeLo(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.TimSort.mergeAt(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.TimSort.mergeCollapse(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.TimSort.sort(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.TimSort.sort(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.Arrays.sort(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator.sort(ViewerComparator.java:185)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.progress.DetailedProgressViewer.add(DetailedProgressViewer.java:166)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.progress.ProgressViewerContentProvider.add(ProgressViewerContentProvider.java:224)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.progress.ProgressViewUpdater$1.runInUIThread(ProgressViewUpdater.java:285)
	at org.eclipse.ui.progress.UIJob$1.run(UIJob.java:95)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:135)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:4140)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3757)
	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: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)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386)
Comment 1 Paul Webster CLA 2012-07-19 09:41:28 EDT

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 361121 ***