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Found in the Error Log after validating a launch configuration. -- Error Details -- Date: Fri Dec 16 12:31:36 CET 2011 Message: Unhandled event loop exception Severity: Error Product: Eclipse SDK 3.8.0.v201112091447 (org.eclipse.sdk.ide) Plugin: org.eclipse.ui Session Data: eclipse.buildId=I20111209-1447 java.fullversion=JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Windows XP x86-32 jvmwi3260sr7-20091214_49398 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled) J9VM - 20091214_049398 JIT - r9_20091123_13891 GC - 20091111_AA BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=pl_PL Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86 Exception Stack Trace: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.pde.internal.launching.launcher.LaunchValidationOperation.hasErrors(LaunchValidationOperation.java:146) at org.eclipse.pde.internal.launching.launcher.EclipsePluginValidationOperation.hasErrors(EclipsePluginValidationOperation.java:76) at org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.launcher.AbstractPluginBlock.handleValidate(AbstractPluginBlock.java:974) at org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.launcher.AbstractPluginBlock$Listener.widgetSelected(AbstractPluginBlock.java:209) 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:4165) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3754) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:825) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:801) at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.launchConfigurations.LaunchConfigurationsDialog.open(LaunchConfigurationsDialog.java:1132) at org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugUITools$2.run(DebugUITools.java:579) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70) at org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugUITools.openLaunchConfigurationDialogOnGroup(DebugUITools.java:587) at org.eclipse.debug.ui.DebugUITools.openLaunchConfigurationDialogOnGroup(DebugUITools.java:521) at org.eclipse.debug.ui.actions.OpenLaunchDialogAction.run(OpenLaunchDialogAction.java:81) at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:498) 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:4165) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3754) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2701) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2665) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2499) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:679) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:668) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124) 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:352) 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:48) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:600) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:624) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:579) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1433) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1409)
Problem is in AbstractPluginBlock line 968. We run the operation in a try/catch block and log any thrown exceptions. However, we then continue to access the operation's data.
Fixed in master. Moved the rest of the validation code inside the try/catch block.