Project: Eclipse_Platform_UI
Bug 327026 [Compatibility] NPE thrown when reopening an editor after moving a view into the shared area
Reported: 2010-10-05 13:07:19 | Status: verified fixed

1. Open an editor. 2. Move the 'Problems' view into the shared area. 3. Close the 'Problems' view. 4. Close the editor. 5. Reopen the same file from step 1. 6. An NPE is thrown. java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.getParentWithContext(PartServiceImpl.java:224) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.internalFixContext(PartServiceImpl.java:272) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.bringToTop(PartServiceImpl.java:248) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.showPart(PartServiceImpl.java:742) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.showPart(PartServiceImpl.java:795) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2206) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.access$14(WorkbenchPage.java:2173) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$6.run(WorkbenchPage.java:2155) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2151) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2135) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2126) at org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IDE.java:651) at org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IDE.java:610) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.EditorUtility.openInEditor(EditorUtility.java:354) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.EditorUtility.openInEditor(EditorUtility.java:164) at org.eclipse.jdt.ui.actions.OpenAction.run(OpenAction.java:219)

Files changed in fix:
bundles/org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/internal/workbench/PartServiceImpl.java tests/org.eclipse.e4.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/tests/application/EPartServiceTest.java