Lab 3. the provided hu.mit.bme.filecounter.sut project has validation problems

Question

In Lab3 - task 3b I tried to run the hu.mit.bme.filecounter.sut project, but by starting up it shows up a validation error window and if I choose continue later the File Counter plugin fails with nullpointer exception.

I tried it both in Eclipse Neon and Oxygen . PDE was installed.

Answer 1

The validation problem usually disappears if you use the latest 1A version of Oxygen (there was a bug in the initial release). Go to Help / Update software.

The second error (NullPointerException) is by design - you have found a bug in the plug-in to test (think about what should do the plug-in and what is your current test data [the files in the project]).

Comments

I actually did use the latest Eclipse Oxygen 1A but still faced the exact same problem :(

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It doesn't work me either, in spite of the fact that I have the latest Oxygen 1A.

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The validation error should not cause big problems. It has also happened to me in a different Eclipse configuration and it has not influenced the working of plugins under test. Just focus on solving the NPE instead.