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Bug 327935 - [Compatibility] NPE thrown when opening 'Appearance' preference page
Summary: [Compatibility] NPE thrown when opening 'Appearance' preference page
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: e4
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 major (vote)
Target Milestone: 4.1 M3   Edit
Assignee: Remy Suen CLA
QA Contact: Remy Suen CLA
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Reported: 2010-10-15 14:09 EDT by Remy Suen CLA
Modified: 2010-10-26 09:54 EDT (History)
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Description Remy Suen CLA 2010-10-15 14:09:53 EDT 
Caused by fix for bug 327592.

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.dialogs.ViewsPreferencePage.init(ViewsPreferencePage.java:82)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.dialogs.WorkbenchPreferenceNode.createPage(WorkbenchPreferenceNode.java:57)
	at org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog.createPage(PreferenceDialog.java:1339)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.dialogs.FilteredPreferenceDialog.createPage(FilteredPreferenceDialog.java:375)
	at org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog.showPage(PreferenceDialog.java:1230)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.dialogs.FilteredPreferenceDialog.showPage(FilteredPreferenceDialog.java:672)
	at org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog$10.run(PreferenceDialog.java:708)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
	at org.eclipse.jface.preference.PreferenceDialog$9.selectionChanged(PreferenceDialog.java:704)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$3.run(StructuredViewer.java:867)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:49)
	at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:175)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.firePostSelectionChanged(StructuredViewer.java:865)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.handlePostSelect(StructuredViewer.java:1205)
	at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$5.widgetSelected(StructuredViewer.java:1230)
	at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.firePostSelectionEvent(OpenStrategy.java:251)
	at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$5(OpenStrategy.java:245)
	at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$3.run(OpenStrategy.java:419)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:134)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:4058)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3677)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:825)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:801)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.dialogs.WorkbenchPreferenceDialog.open(WorkbenchPreferenceDialog.java:211)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.ShowPreferencePageHandler.execute(ShowPreferencePageHandler.java:54)
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2010-10-15 14:10:34 EDT 
Fixed in CVS HEAD.
Comment 2 Remy Suen CLA 2010-10-26 09:54:52 EDT 
Verified on Windows XP with I20101025-1602.