Description Abiel Reinhart 2003-03-10 03:27:40 EST

The bug occurs with the Linux-GTK versions of RC2 and the latest nightly build
(Mar 10). 

The intro graphic appears, followed by the standard error message asking me to
review the .log file. Output from that appears below:

!SESSION ----------------------------------------------------------------------
!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 Mar 10, 2003 24:13:03.348
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processManifestFile(RegistryLoader.java:89)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processPluginPathFile(RegistryLoader.java:136)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processPluginPathEntry(RegistryLoader.java:127)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processManifestFiles(RegistryLoader.java:104)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.parseRegistry(RegistryLoader.java:63)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.parseRegistry(RegistryLoader.java:71)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.parsePlugins(InternalPlatform.java:757)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.loadRegistry(InternalPlatform.java:701)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.loaderStartup(InternalPlatform.java:571)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
  at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.startup(InternalBootLoader.java:1011)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.run(InternalBootLoader.java:838)
  at org.eclipse.core.boot.BootLoader.run(BootLoader.java:461)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
  at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
  at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:247)
  at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:703)
  at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:539)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException
  at org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.<init>(SAXParser.java:95)
  at
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.PluginParser.initializeParser(PluginParser.java:80)
  at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.PluginParser.<clinit>(PluginParser.java:44)
  ... 23 more