[Dirk de Kok]

hi there,

after using the REST web services explorer for a month or so with a lot of fun, it now causes problems: just won’t start on any project.

I have tested several project, but no alas. Nothing when I right-click and select MyEclipse->Test with REST web services explorer.

Environment:
MyEclipse 7.5
Mac OS X 10.5.8

java sdk 6.0 and 1.5

any ideas how to fix this?

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error message:
null
Error
Fri Aug 21 17:58:51 CEST 2009
Unhandled event loop exception

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ws.jaxws.WEBXMLFile.getJerseyServletPattern(WEBXMLFile.java:259)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ws.action.TestRESTWSActionDelegate.run(TestRESTWSActionDelegate.java:38)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.core.ui.action.LicenseValidatingActionDelegate.runWithEvent(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.runWithEvent(PluginAction.java:241)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:583)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:500)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:411)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1561)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1585)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1570)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:1360)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3482)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3068)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2384)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2348)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2200)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:495)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:288)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:490)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:113)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:193)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:386)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:549)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:504)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1236)

[support-joy]

dirkdk,

Sorry to hear you are running into this issue.
Can you please send me a sample project (with 2 or 3 files) to test and also the steps to reproduce the issue. You can PM the project or send an e-mail to support@genuitec.com. Please add a note “ATTN: Joy” in the subject line. Also refer the post link in the e-mail.

[Brian Fernandes]

Dirk,

Sorry for the delayed response. I looked through the code and it is specifically looking for a servlet with the <servlet-class> element set to com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer before proceeding. Since you have commented it out and used the SpringServlet instead, the flow breaks and throws the NPE.

This is a bug, since using the SpringServlet is a valid use case for sure. I’ve filed this and we should address it in the next ME release.

In the meanwhile, you can manually open the REST explorer from the toolbar. On the main eclipse toolbar, you should see a button that says “Launch SOAP Web Services Explorer” with a drop down arrow next to it. If you click that, you can launch the REST explorer too. When it starts, you will have to enter the path to your services WADL file, which I believe would be

http://localhost:8080/TestRest/application.wadl

Thank you for your patience, I hope this allows you to get on with your testing.

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