NullPointerException when trying to open a .html file with Vaadin Designer

Hi,

im using Eclipse 2018_09 with Vaadin 8. I just created a clean Vaadin Project “myapplication” straight forward. When i create a Vaadin Designer File, “testdesigne.html” and try to open it, the designer is crashing and the file will be closed. It first trys to load the view and crashes after ~5 sec.

When i open the Eclipse Error Log View, i can see following 2 Problems:

Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: “org.eclipse.ui.workbench”.

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.views.HierarchyOutlineView.dispose(HierarchyOutlineView.java:470)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditorPart.dispose(VaadinEditorPart.java:422)
at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart$4.run(MultiPageEditorPart.java:1014)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:45)
at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart.disposePart(MultiPageEditorPart.java:1010)
at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart.dispose(MultiPageEditorPart.java:507)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditor.dispose(VaadinEditor.java:328)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityPart.invalidate(CompatibilityPart.java:264)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityPart.destroy(CompatibilityPart.java:424)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:58)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:1001)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:966)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.uninject(InjectorImpl.java:200)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.Requestor.uninject(Requestor.java:175)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.ContextObjectSupplier$ContextInjectionListener.update(ContextObjectSupplier.java:87)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.TrackableComputationExt.update(TrackableComputationExt.java:114)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.EclipseContext.removeListenersTo(EclipseContext.java:492)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.uninject(ContextInjectionFactory.java:175)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeRemoveGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:967)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.access$1(PartRenderingEngine.java:886)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$4.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:881)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:45)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.removeGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:865)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.subscribeTopicToBeRendered(PartRenderingEngine.java:186)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:58)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.di.internal.extensions.EventObjectSupplier$DIEventHandler.handleEvent(EventObjectSupplier.java:91)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerWrapper.handleEvent(EventHandlerWrapper.java:204)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:199)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:1)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:233)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:151)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.dispatchEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:138)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.sendEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:81)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventComponent.sendEvent(EventComponent.java:42)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.EventBroker.send(EventBroker.java:55)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.UIEventPublisher.notifyChanged(UIEventPublisher.java:63)
at org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.impl.BasicNotifierImpl.eNotify(BasicNotifierImpl.java:424)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.impl.UIElementImpl.setToBeRendered(UIElementImpl.java:307)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.hidePart(PartServiceImpl.java:1381)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.hidePart(WorkbenchPage.java:1591)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.hidePart(WorkbenchPage.java:1543)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.closeEditors(WorkbenchPage.java:1513)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.closeEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:1637)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditor.closeEditor(VaadinEditor.java:897)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditor.closeDesignInNewerProjectAndNotifyUser(VaadinEditor.java:876)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditor.validateDesignFileInteractive(VaadinEditor.java:816)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditorPart$2$1.run(VaadinEditorPart.java:185)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:40)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:185)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor74.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.FakeComposite.flushAsyncQueue(FakeComposite.java:166)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.FakeComposite.flushAsyncQueue(FakeComposite.java:140)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.FakeComposite.setLayoutDeferred(FakeComposite.java:127)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredLayouts(Display.java:3982)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3554)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1173)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1062)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:156)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:628)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:563)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:151)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:155)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:199)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:137)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:107)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:391)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:246)
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:659)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:595)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1501)

Unhandled event loop exception

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartSite.getShell(PartSite.java:477)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditor.openDesigner2InstallWarning(VaadinEditor.java:886)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditor.closeDesignInNewerProjectAndNotifyUser(VaadinEditor.java:878)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditor.validateDesignFileInteractive(VaadinEditor.java:816)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.VaadinEditorPart$2$1.run(VaadinEditorPart.java:185)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:40)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:185)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor74.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.FakeComposite.flushAsyncQueue(FakeComposite.java:166)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.FakeComposite.flushAsyncQueue(FakeComposite.java:140)
at com.vaadin.designer.eclipse.editors.FakeComposite.setLayoutDeferred(FakeComposite.java:127)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredLayouts(Display.java:3982)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3554)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1173)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1062)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:156)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:628)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:563)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:151)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:155)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:199)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:137)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:107)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:391)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:246)
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:659)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:595)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1501)

anyone any idea how to solve this?

What Designer version you’ve been using?