Re: [platform-update-dev] Using pde to build a feature and the associate

["Pat McCarthy" <patmc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Did delete/rebuild the build.xml - did not help - still the minor refresh
error.

Going the bug route - more detail there (repeatable script) - as it gets
worse.

I got my minor errors when I was playing around and not quite at a clean
create of plugin a.b.c and feature a.b.c-feature (id a.b.c).
I had hacked project names and fiddled with what I had in place.  Then I
created plugin/feature projects fresh to make sure I followed the lab path.

Now that I am there - I get the following when I select the Create Feature
JAR option or click on the package button in the feature.xml editor.
java.lang.NullPointerException
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.core.plugin.WorkspacePluginModelBase.getInstallLocation(WorkspacePluginModelBase.java:75)
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.TargetPlatform.createURL(TargetPlatform.java:151)
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.TargetPlatform.createPluginPath(TargetPlatform.java:40)
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.TargetPlatform.createPluginPath(TargetPlatform.java:32)
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.feature.BuildFeatureAction.makeScripts(BuildFeatureAction.java:196)
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.feature.BuildFeatureAction.doBuildFeature(BuildFeatureAction.java:135)
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.feature.BuildFeatureAction.access$0(BuildFeatureAction.java:124)
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.feature.BuildFeatureAction$2.run(BuildFeatureAction.java:53)
      at
org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Workspace.java:1361)
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.feature.BuildFeatureAction$1.run(BuildFeatureAction.java:60)
      at
org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.runInCurrentThread(ModalContext.java:299)
      at
org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.run(ModalContext.java:249)
      at
org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.ProgressMonitorDialog.run(ProgressMonitorDialog.java:335)
      at
org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.feature.BuildFeatureAction.run(BuildFeatureAction.java:70)
      at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.runWithEvent(PluginAction.java:210)
      at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:407)
      at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$ActionListener.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java(Compiled

Code))
      at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$ActionListener.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java(Compiled

Code))
      at
org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$ActionListener.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java(Compiled

Code))
      at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java(Compiled
Code))
      at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java(Compiled
Code))
      at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java(Compiled
Code))
      at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java(Compiled
Code))
      at
org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java(Compiled
Code))
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.run(Workbench.java:1160)
      at
org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.run(InternalBootLoader.java:775)
      at org.eclipse.core.boot.BootLoader.run(BootLoader.java:462)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
      at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:248)
      at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:698)
      at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:534)

Pat McCarthy