Bug 540512

Summary:	Eclipse with Java EE plugin doesn't allow Dynamic Web Module version 2.5 (nullpointerexception)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Tim Peters <mail>
Component:	eclipse	Assignee:	Andrew Overholt <overholt>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	12	CC:	akurtako, oliver, overholt
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Description Tim Peters 2009-11-23 14:56:14 UTC

Description of problem:
i can't create a new Dynamic Web project, with Dynamic web module version set to '2.5'. you can create the project as normal, but when you click finish, it gives an nullpointerexception saying: Failed when installing Dynamic Web Module 2.5.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install the JAVA EE plugin
2. create a new dynamic web project
3. set 'dynamic web module version' to 2.5
4. click version
  
Actual results:
nullpointerexception, project is not complete (not a web project)

Expected results:
no error, good, working, project

Additional info:

Comment 1 Andrew Overholt 2009-11-23 14:59:19 UTC

I wonder if "installing Dynamic Web Module 2.5" means "try to copy files to a read-only location as a non-root user.

Comment 2 Tim Peters 2009-11-23 15:13:42 UTC

it think it means that it cannot find the 2.5 libraries

Comment 3 Andrew Overholt 2009-11-23 15:21:42 UTC

We'll have to try to figure out what it's trying to do.  Where is it expecting to get said libraries?  Where is it trying to put said libraries?

Comment 4 Tim Peters 2009-11-23 15:28:44 UTC

it's not copying anything, as far as i can tell, it adds the said libraries to the class path (.classpath), and sets the version number in: .settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml (in the project)
i don't know how eclipse uses it with compiling, and where it tried to get it's libraries from. i DO know that it works in the version downloaded from the eclipse website.

Comment 5 Andrew Overholt 2009-11-23 15:37:51 UTC

It would help to track this down if you tried the following:

$ mv ~/.eclipse{,.bak20091123}
$ su -
# tar zxf <upstream tarball> /usr/local
# exit
$ /usr/local/eclipse/eclipse -data /tmp/testWorkspace

Then try installing WTP just like you did with the RPM-installed version.  Does it fail in the same manner?  Does it work?

Thanks.

Comment 6 Tim Peters 2009-11-23 15:52:09 UTC

i tried what you said, and i'm getting the same error using the upstream version, with java EE installed seperately.

Comment 7 Andrew Overholt 2009-11-23 16:02:20 UTC

Okay, good.  (Well, not good for you, Tim, but good that it's not something we've broken in the RPMs :).

At this point, it'd be best to file a bug with WTP saying something to the effect of "dynamic web project doesn't work with read-only installation".

Comment 8 Tim Peters 2009-11-23 16:10:49 UTC

haha, ok. i'll file a bug there then

Comment 9 Tim Peters 2009-11-23 20:53:04 UTC

i installed 'JST Web UI' and 'JST Server UI' that seemed to have fixed the problem.