NPE opening html file if JBossTools installed with Local Site
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Key: JBIDE-1475
URL:
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBIDE-1475
Project: JBoss Tools
Issue Type: Bug
Components: JBoss Tools Core
Affects Versions: 2.0.0.CR1
Environment: WinXP SP2
Eclipse 3.3.1.1 for Java EE
Reporter: Joseph Sondow
Attachments: eclipse-error.txt
JBossTools plugin installation has a bug where some editors throw a NullPointerException
if the plugin is installed using Local Site.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install Eclipse 3.3.1.1 JEE using eclipse-jee-europa-fall2-win32.zip by unzipping to
C:\eclipse
2. Unzip JBossTools-2.0.0.CR1-ALL-win32.zip to C:\jbosstoolsinstall
3. Start Eclipse with eclipse.exe -clean
4. Help > Software Updates > Find and Install > Search for new features to
install > Next
5. New Local SIte > C:\jbosstoolsinstall
6. Finish plugin installation by following prompts. Quit Eclipse and restart it with
eclipse.exe -clean
7. Create a new empty simple project. Create an html file. It opens automatically with the
JBoss Tools HTML Editor, immediately throwing a NullPointerException (See attached error
log). The same happens if you create an XHTML or JSP file, or try to open an existing file
of type HTML, XHTML, or JSP.
Tested on 2 similar computers. The behavior is consistent.
Workaround:
Don't use Local Site to install JBossTools plugins. Instead, just copy the contents of
the features and plugins folders into the corresponding Eclipse folders, then restart
Eclipse.
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