Unable to use Eclipse UI 18.1.2 after upgrade to Endevor 18.0.12 plus

Products

• Endevor
• Endevor - ECLIPSE Plugin

Issue/Introduction

Upgraded Endevor from 18.0.12 to 18.0.12 plus accumulated maintenance. 

Then installed Eclipse interface 18.1.2, got unexpected Exception when attempting to add an element to a project.

2019-07-31 09:52:53.689: Unexpected Exception
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.run(ModalContext.java:398)

at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.ProgressMonitorDialog.run(ProgressMonitorDialog.java:481)

at com.ca.endevor.ui.actions.AddToProjectAction.run(AddToProjectAction.java:88)

at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:473)

at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:565)

at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.lambda$4(ActionContributionItem.java:397)

at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)

at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4418)

at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1079)

at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4236)

at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3824)

at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$4.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1121)

at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:336)

at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1022)

at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:150)

at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:693)

at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:336)

at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:610)

at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:148)

at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:138)

at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)

at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)

at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)

at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:388)

at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:243)

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.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:673)

at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:610)

at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1519)

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

at com.ca.endevor.model.Project.getTypeExtension(Project.java:530)

at com.ca.endevor.element.AddProjectElements.addElement(AddProjectElements.java:81)

at com.ca.endevor.element.AddProjectElements.run(AddProjectElements.java:64)

at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:119)

 

 

Environment

Release : 18.1

Component : CA Endevor Software Change Manager

Resolution

Remove projects, then repository, then UI plugin from Eclipse.
Reinstall Endevor Web Services 18.1.2  (SMP/E installation only upgrade Mainframe Endevor to 18.0.12 plus, reinstall Web Services will bring Endevor Web Services to the same level). 
Define repository from reworked webservices, then created a project.