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Bug 568301

Summary: NPE RAP E4 2020-09
Product: [RT] RAP Reporter: P. Planb <kat>
Component: WorkbenchAssignee: Project Inbox <rap-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: kat
Version: 3.14   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
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console log which shows NPE while launching RAP E4 Template none

Description P. Planb CLA 2020-10-27 09:07:26 EDT
Created attachment 284580 [details]
console log which shows NPE while launching RAP E4 Template

Environment:
Linux: OpenSuse Tumbleweed
Java: OpenJDK devel 11.0.8 X86_64

Steps to reproduce the NPE:

1. Install Eclipse for RCP and RAP Developers
2. Create a RAP Application with the  RAP E4 template
3. follow the instruction to create the target
4. launch the the RAP Application
5. the application don't create the Application Window
6. Error: 

ENTRY org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench 4 0 2020-10-27 13:08:11.837
!MESSAGE Unable to load resource platform:/plugin/testE4Rap/Application.e4xmi




The NPE occurs in all my projects after updating eclipse from 2020-06 (java 8 based) to 2020-09. To reproduce the NPE I tested the described clean installation of eclipse 2020-09 above.
Comment 1 Ivan Furnadjiev CLA 2020-10-27 09:27:18 EDT

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 566708 ***
Comment 2 Ivan Furnadjiev CLA 2020-10-27 09:28:50 EDT
You need Java 11 to run it. Eclipse platform now requires Java 11.
Comment 3 P. Planb CLA 2020-10-27 09:48:05 EDT
Hi, 

yes, I use Java 11 for eclipse 2020-09 itself and also for the application.

Thanks.