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Select New>JPA Project Enter Project Name 'Testing' Check Add Project to an Ear checkbox Leave the default and Finish the project Delete the JPA Project and all contents Now delete the EAR and all contents Receive the following NPE java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.jem.internal.util.emf.workbench.ProjectResourceSetImpl.detectURIMapping(ProjectResourceSetImpl.java:761) at org.eclipse.jem.internal.util.emf.workbench.ProjectResourceSetImpl.createResource(ProjectResourceSetImpl.java:779) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.model.internal.JEE5ModelProvider.createModelResource(JEE5ModelProvider.java:192) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.model.internal.JEE5ModelProvider.getModelResource(JEE5ModelProvider.java:174) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.model.internal.EAR5ModelProvider.getModelObject(EAR5ModelProvider.java:53) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.model.internal.JEE5ModelProvider.getModelObject(JEE5ModelProvider.java:217) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.ui.internal.navigator.Ear5ContentProvider.getNewContentProviderInstance(Ear5ContentProvider.java:152) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.ui.internal.navigator.JEE5ContentProvider.getCachedContentProvider(JEE5ContentProvider.java:92) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.ui.internal.navigator.Ear5ContentProvider.getChildren(Ear5ContentProvider.java:116) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.navigator.extensions.SafeDelegateTreeContentProvider.getChildren(SafeDelegateTreeContentProvider.java:96) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.navigator.NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider$1.run(NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.java:152) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.navigator.NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.internalGetChildren(NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.java:139) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.navigator.NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.getChildren(NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.java:119) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.ui.internal.navigator.JEE5ContentProvider$1.run(JEE5ContentProvider.java:127) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:135) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:4138) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3755) at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.block(ModalContext.java:173) at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.run(ModalContext.java:388) at org.eclipse.ltk.internal.ui.refactoring.RefactoringWizardDialog2.run(RefactoringWizardDialog2.java:331) at org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring.RefactoringWizard.internalPerformFinish(RefactoringWizard.java:605) at org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring.UserInputWizardPage.performFinish(UserInputWizardPage.java:153) at org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring.resource.DeleteResourcesWizard$DeleteResourcesRefactoringConfigurationPage.performFinish(DeleteResourcesWizard.java:151) at org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring.RefactoringWizard.performFinish(RefactoringWizard.java:678) at org.eclipse.ltk.internal.ui.refactoring.RefactoringWizardDialog2.okPressed(RefactoringWizardDialog2.java:455) at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.buttonPressed(Dialog.java:472) at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog$2.widgetSelected(Dialog.java:624) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:240) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4163) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3752) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:825) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:801) at org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring.RefactoringWizardOpenOperation$1.run(RefactoringWizardOpenOperation.java:181) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70) at org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring.RefactoringWizardOpenOperation.run(RefactoringWizardOpenOperation.java:193) at org.eclipse.ltk.ui.refactoring.RefactoringWizardOpenOperation.run(RefactoringWizardOpenOperation.java:116) at org.eclipse.ltk.internal.ui.refactoring.actions.DeleteResourcesHandler.execute(DeleteResourcesHandler.java:40) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:293) at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:476) at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecks(ParameterizedCommand.java:508) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerService.executeCommandInContext(HandlerService.java:270) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.actions.LTKLauncher.runCommand(LTKLauncher.java:95) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.actions.LTKLauncher.openDeleteWizard(LTKLauncher.java:47) at org.eclipse.ui.actions.DeleteResourceAction.run(DeleteResourceAction.java:474) at org.eclipse.ui.actions.BaseSelectionListenerAction.runWithEvent(BaseSelectionListenerAction.java:168) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:584) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:501) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:411) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4163) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3752) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2696) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2660) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2494) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:674) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:667) 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(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) 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)
A JPA project isn't needed to encounter this error. I just created an EAR project, defined a module in the application.xml, and deleted the project and received a very similar exception pasted below. There don't seem to be any visible functional issues after encountering the exception (the project is removed from the workspace), but the fear of course is that things haven't been properly cleaned up, resulting in memory leaks and possible performance issues. java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.jst.jee.model.internal.JEE5ModelProvider.getModelResource(JEE5ModelProvider.java:158) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.model.internal.EAR5ModelProvider.getModelObject(EAR5ModelProvider.java:53) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.model.internal.JEE5ModelProvider.getModelObject(JEE5ModelProvider.java:217) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.ui.internal.navigator.Ear5ContentProvider.getNewContentProviderInstance(Ear5ContentProvider.java:152) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.ui.internal.navigator.JEE5ContentProvider.getCachedContentProvider(JEE5ContentProvider.java:92) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.ui.internal.navigator.Ear5ContentProvider.getChildren(Ear5ContentProvider.java:116) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.navigator.extensions.SafeDelegateTreeContentProvider.getChildren(SafeDelegateTreeContentProvider.java:96) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.navigator.NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider$1.run(NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.java:152) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.navigator.NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.internalGetChildren(NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.java:139) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.navigator.NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.getChildren(NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider.java:119) at org.eclipse.jst.jee.ui.internal.navigator.JEE5ContentProvider$1.run(JEE5ContentProvider.java:127)