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When comparing two models, the EMF Compare UI fails to launch. I use Eclipse Indigo and the following target platform : https://github.com/eclipse/mylyn.docs.intent.main/blob/master/plugins/org.eclipse.mylyn.docs.intent/dev/target%20platform/indigo-sdk.target Stack trace (a bit verbose...): !ENTRY org.eclipse.compare 4 1 2011-08-04 10:14:40.236 !MESSAGE Internal Error !STACK 1 org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Plug-in org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui was unable to load class org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.structure.ParameterizedStructureMergeViewerCreator. at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.throwException(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:194) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:176) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:905) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.ViewerDescriptor.createViewer(ViewerDescriptor.java:46) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.getViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:969) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.findStructureViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:850) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareUI.findStructureViewer(CompareUI.java:312) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.findStructureViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:931) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.getViewer(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:84) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput$10.getViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:715) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareViewerSwitchingPane.java:266) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:132) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feedInput(CompareEditorInput.java:747) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.createContents(CompareEditorInput.java:555) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.createCompareControl(CompareEditor.java:462) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.access$6(CompareEditor.java:422) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor$3.run(CompareEditor.java:378) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UILockListener.doPendingWork(UILockListener.java:164) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer$3.run(UISynchronizer.java:158) 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: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$7.run(Workbench.java:674) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:667) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:123) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386) Caused by: org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter$TerminatingClassNotFoundException: An error occurred while automatically activating bundle org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui (124). at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:122) at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:462) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:216) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:400) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:476) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:429) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:417) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:345) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:229) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadClass(AbstractBundle.java:1207) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:174) ... 44 more Caused by: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.EMFCompareUIPlugin.start() of bundle org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui. at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:734) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:683) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:381) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:299) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:440) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.setLazyTrigger(BundleLoader.java:268) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:107) ... 56 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.DirectMap.containsKey(DirectMap.java:66) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementMulti.getTranslatedAtIndex(ConfigurationElementMulti.java:62) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementMulti.getAttribute(ConfigurationElementMulti.java:47) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.getAttribute(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:38) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterDescriptor.<init>(DifferenceFilterDescriptor.java:61) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.addExtension(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:75) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.parseInitialContributions(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:54) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.EMFCompareUIPlugin.start(EMFCompareUIPlugin.java:69) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:711) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:702) ... 62 more !SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.equinox.registry 4 1 2011-08-04 10:14:40.237 !MESSAGE Plug-in org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui was unable to load class org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.structure.ParameterizedStructureMergeViewerCreator. !STACK 0 org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter$TerminatingClassNotFoundException: An error occurred while automatically activating bundle org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui (124). at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:122) at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:462) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:216) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:400) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:476) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:429) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:417) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:345) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:229) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadClass(AbstractBundle.java:1207) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:174) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:905) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.ViewerDescriptor.createViewer(ViewerDescriptor.java:46) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.getViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:969) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.findStructureViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:850) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareUI.findStructureViewer(CompareUI.java:312) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.findStructureViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:931) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.getViewer(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:84) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput$10.getViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:715) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareViewerSwitchingPane.java:266) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:132) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feedInput(CompareEditorInput.java:747) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.createContents(CompareEditorInput.java:555) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.createCompareControl(CompareEditor.java:462) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.access$6(CompareEditor.java:422) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor$3.run(CompareEditor.java:378) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UILockListener.doPendingWork(UILockListener.java:164) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer$3.run(UISynchronizer.java:158) 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: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(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) Caused by: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.EMFCompareUIPlugin.start() of bundle org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui. at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:734) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:683) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:381) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:299) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:440) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.setLazyTrigger(BundleLoader.java:268) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:107) ... 56 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.DirectMap.containsKey(DirectMap.java:66) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementMulti.getTranslatedAtIndex(ConfigurationElementMulti.java:62) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementMulti.getAttribute(ConfigurationElementMulti.java:47) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.getAttribute(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:38) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterDescriptor.<init>(DifferenceFilterDescriptor.java:61) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.addExtension(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:75) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.parseInitialContributions(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:54) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.EMFCompareUIPlugin.start(EMFCompareUIPlugin.java:69) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:711) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:702) ... 62 more !ENTRY org.eclipse.compare 4 1 2011-08-04 10:14:40.248 !MESSAGE Internal Error !STACK 1 org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Plug-in org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui was unable to load class org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.content.ParameterizedContentMergeViewerCreator. at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.throwException(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:194) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:176) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:905) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.ViewerDescriptor.createViewer(ViewerDescriptor.java:46) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.getViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:969) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.findContentViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:964) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareUI.findContentViewer(CompareUI.java:330) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.findContentViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:954) at org.eclipse.team.internal.ui.synchronize.SaveablesCompareEditorInput.findContentViewer(SaveablesCompareEditorInput.java:332) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareContentViewerSwitchingPane.getViewer(CompareContentViewerSwitchingPane.java:92) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareViewerSwitchingPane.java:266) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareContentViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareContentViewerSwitchingPane.java:158) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.internalSetContentPaneInput(CompareEditorInput.java:845) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.access$8(CompareEditorInput.java:843) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput$11.run(CompareEditorInput.java:779) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feed1(CompareEditorInput.java:773) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feedInput(CompareEditorInput.java:751) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.createContents(CompareEditorInput.java:555) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.createCompareControl(CompareEditor.java:462) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.access$6(CompareEditor.java:422) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor$3.run(CompareEditor.java:378) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UILockListener.doPendingWork(UILockListener.java:164) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer$3.run(UISynchronizer.java:158) 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: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$7.run(Workbench.java:674) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:667) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:123) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386) Caused by: org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter$TerminatingClassNotFoundException: An error occurred while automatically activating bundle org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui (124). at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:122) at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:462) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:216) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:400) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:476) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:429) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:417) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:345) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:229) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadClass(AbstractBundle.java:1207) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:174) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:905) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.ViewerDescriptor.createViewer(ViewerDescriptor.java:46) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.getViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:969) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.findStructureViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:850) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareUI.findStructureViewer(CompareUI.java:312) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.findStructureViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:931) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.getViewer(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:84) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput$10.getViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:715) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareViewerSwitchingPane.java:266) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:132) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feedInput(CompareEditorInput.java:747) ... 31 more Caused by: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.EMFCompareUIPlugin.start() of bundle org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui. at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:734) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:683) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:381) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:299) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:440) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.setLazyTrigger(BundleLoader.java:268) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:107) ... 56 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.DirectMap.containsKey(DirectMap.java:66) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementMulti.getTranslatedAtIndex(ConfigurationElementMulti.java:62) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementMulti.getAttribute(ConfigurationElementMulti.java:47) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.getAttribute(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:38) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterDescriptor.<init>(DifferenceFilterDescriptor.java:61) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.addExtension(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:75) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.parseInitialContributions(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:54) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.EMFCompareUIPlugin.start(EMFCompareUIPlugin.java:69) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:711) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:702) ... 62 more !SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.equinox.registry 4 1 2011-08-04 10:14:40.249 !MESSAGE Plug-in org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui was unable to load class org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.content.ParameterizedContentMergeViewerCreator. !STACK 0 org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter$TerminatingClassNotFoundException: An error occurred while automatically activating bundle org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui (124). at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:122) at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:462) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:216) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:400) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:476) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:429) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:417) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:345) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:229) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadClass(AbstractBundle.java:1207) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:174) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:905) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.ViewerDescriptor.createViewer(ViewerDescriptor.java:46) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.getViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:969) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.findStructureViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:850) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareUI.findStructureViewer(CompareUI.java:312) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.findStructureViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:931) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.getViewer(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:84) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput$10.getViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:715) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareViewerSwitchingPane.java:266) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:132) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feedInput(CompareEditorInput.java:747) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.createContents(CompareEditorInput.java:555) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.createCompareControl(CompareEditor.java:462) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.access$6(CompareEditor.java:422) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor$3.run(CompareEditor.java:378) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UILockListener.doPendingWork(UILockListener.java:164) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer$3.run(UISynchronizer.java:158) 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: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(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) Caused by: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.EMFCompareUIPlugin.start() of bundle org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui. at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:734) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:683) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:381) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:299) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:440) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.setLazyTrigger(BundleLoader.java:268) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:107) ... 56 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.DirectMap.containsKey(DirectMap.java:66) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementMulti.getTranslatedAtIndex(ConfigurationElementMulti.java:62) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementMulti.getAttribute(ConfigurationElementMulti.java:47) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.getAttribute(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:38) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterDescriptor.<init>(DifferenceFilterDescriptor.java:61) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.addExtension(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:75) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.parseInitialContributions(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:54) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.EMFCompareUIPlugin.start(EMFCompareUIPlugin.java:69) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:711) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:702) ... 62 more
Clarifying a bit: to obtain the previous error I was launching the runtime with the registryMultiLanguage option, because the real error was the following: !ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.registry 4 0 2011-08-04 10:28:30.952 !MESSAGE The requested multi-language operation is not enabled. See runtime option "-registryMultiLanguage". !STACK 0 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.logMultiLangError(ExtensionRegistry.java:1389) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.getAttribute(ConfigurationElement.java:268) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.getAttribute(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:38) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterDescriptor.<init>(DifferenceFilterDescriptor.java:59) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.addExtension(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:75) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterRegistry.parseInitialContributions(DifferenceFilterRegistry.java:54) at org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.EMFCompareUIPlugin.start(EMFCompareUIPlugin.java:69) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$1.run(BundleContextImpl.java:711) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:702) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:683) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:381) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:299) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:440) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.setLazyTrigger(BundleLoader.java:268) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:107) at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:462) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:216) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:400) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:476) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:429) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:417) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:345) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:229) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadClass(AbstractBundle.java:1207) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:174) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:905) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243) at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.ViewerDescriptor.createViewer(ViewerDescriptor.java:46) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.getViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:969) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareUIPlugin.findStructureViewer(CompareUIPlugin.java:850) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareUI.findStructureViewer(CompareUI.java:312) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.findStructureViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:931) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.getViewer(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:84) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput$10.getViewer(CompareEditorInput.java:715) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareViewerSwitchingPane.java:266) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.setInput(CompareStructureViewerSwitchingPane.java:132) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.feedInput(CompareEditorInput.java:747) at org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.createContents(CompareEditorInput.java:555) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.createCompareControl(CompareEditor.java:462) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor.access$6(CompareEditor.java:422) at org.eclipse.compare.internal.CompareEditor$3.run(CompareEditor.java:378) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UILockListener.doPendingWork(UILockListener.java:164) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer$3.run(UISynchronizer.java:158) 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: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(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) The error comes from the constructor org.eclipse.emf.compare.ui.viewer.filter.DifferenceFilterDescriptor.DifferenceFilterDescriptor(IConfigurationElement)
This has already been fixed on both master and 1.2. This was a problem with the 1.2.0, please use one of the nightlies that have been published since then. (see http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/downloads/?project=compare for the list of 1.2.0 nightlies, or use the update site http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/compare/updates/nightly/1.2/ .
Was not "invalid" ... but "fixed"