[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-3255) Unhelpful error message if users IDE doesn't define the "M2_REPO" variable

[Max Rydahl Andersen (JIRA)]

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Max Rydahl Andersen commented on JBIDE-3255:
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Using Maven here is just one scenario that could cause this - i.e. if any jar is missing on the disc but referenced in the project might cause this too. Definitly an error situation that should cause a better informative message.

> Unhelpful error message if users IDE doesn't define the "M2_REPO" variable
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>                 Key: JBIDE-3255
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-3255
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: smooks
>            Reporter: Tom Fennelly
>            Assignee: Xue Peng
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 3.0.0.cr1
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> I created an eclipse project using maven, which links in the dependencies via the maven repo.  It references the maven repo via the "M2_REPO" variable.  When this variable wasn't set, I was unable to set the source and target java classes for the source and target models - just came back with an error ... "unable to load class ''" (i.e. empty quoted string).  The classes I was trying to set were in the actual project source (i.e. not in any of the linked in dependecies), so I'm not sure what the issue was.
> Might be a good thing to add this in a FAQ or Known Issues doc, or even as a "possible cause" message addition to the "unable to load class..." error message.

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