Project: Birt
Bug 145962 [regression] double click on an extended dynamic parameter cause NPE
Reported: 2006-06-08 05:18:43 | Status: closed fixed

steps to reproduce: - create a library - create a dynamic parameter - publish the library to designer resource folder - create a report using the library - drag the parameter to layout view - switch to data explorer view - double click on the parameter expected behavior: - parameter dialog should be displayed actual behavior: - NPE was thrown org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.core.runtime.GUIException: Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException. at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.core.runtime.GUIException.createGUIException(GUIException.java:76) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.ExceptionHandler.handle(ExceptionHandler.java:123) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.ExceptionHandler.handle(ExceptionHandler.java:105) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.actions.AbstractElementAction.handleException(AbstractElementAction.java:132) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.actions.AbstractElementAction.run(AbstractElementAction.java:91) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.RenameListener.doubleClick(RenameListener.java:211) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$1.run(StructuredViewer.java:796) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:37) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:843) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:44) at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:149) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.fireDoubleClick(StructuredViewer.java:794) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.handleDoubleSelect(AbstractTreeViewer.java:1216) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$4.widgetDefaultSelected(StructuredViewer.java:1158) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.fireDefaultSelectionEvent(OpenStrategy.java:223) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$0(OpenStrategy.java:220) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$1.handleEvent(OpenStrategy.java:281) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:928) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3348) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2968) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1914) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1878) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:419) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:95) at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:78) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:92) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:68) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:400) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:177) 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.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:336) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:280) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:977) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:952) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.util.DataUtil.getColumnList(DataUtil.java:64) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.dialogs.ParameterDialog.refreshColumns(ParameterDialog.java:1011) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.dialogs.ParameterDialog.initValueArea(ParameterDialog.java:820) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.dialogs.ParameterDialog.switchParamterType(ParameterDialog.java:1305) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.dialogs.ParameterDialog.initDialog(ParameterDialog.java:775) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.dialogs.BaseDialog.open(BaseDialog.java:87) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.data.providers.ParameterNodeProvider.performEdit(ParameterNodeProvider.java:80) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.DefaultNodeProvider.performRequest(DefaultNodeProvider.java:372) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.actions.EditAction.doAction(EditAction.java:79) at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.actions.AbstractElementAction.run(AbstractElementAction.java:64) ... 34 more

Files changed in fix:
UI/org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/internal/ui/util/DataUtil.java