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From: "Yi-Sz Lin" <yiszlin@tamu.edu>
To: "Terrence McLaren" <tmclaren@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 5, 2008 3:33:17 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Catalog problem

Hi Terry,

Recently I came across a problem accessing the catalog. The entire catalog is messed up. I got detailed error message as the following:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at ncsa.gis.postgis.PostGISRepository.listDatasetTypes(Unknown Source)
at ncsa.gis.ui.providers.RepositoryManagerContentProvider.hasChildren(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.isExpandable(AbstractTreeViewer.java:2018)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewer.isExpandable(TreeViewer.java:563)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.isExpandable(AbstractTreeViewer.java:2044)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.updatePlus(AbstractTreeViewer.java:2668)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewer.updatePlus(TreeViewer.java:823)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.createTreeItem(AbstractTreeViewer.java:807)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer$1.run(AbstractTreeViewer.java:781)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:67)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.createChildren(AbstractTreeViewer.java:755)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewer.createChildren(TreeViewer.java:615)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.internalInitializeTree(AbstractTreeViewer.java:1460)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewer.internalInitializeTree(TreeViewer.java:804)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer$5.run(AbstractTreeViewer.java:1443)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.preservingSelection(StructuredViewer.java:1368)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TreeViewer.preservingSelection(TreeViewer.java:378)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.preservingSelection(StructuredViewer.java:1330)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.inputChanged(AbstractTreeViewer.java:1432)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ContentViewer.setInput(ContentViewer.java:251)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.setInput(StructuredViewer.java:1606)
at ncsa.gis.ui.views.RepositoryView.internalCreatePartControl(Unknown Source)
at ncsa.gis.ui.views.ManagerView.createPartControl(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPartHelper(ViewReference.java:370)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPart(ViewReference.java:227)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:592)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Perspective.showView(Perspective.java:2077)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyShowView(WorkbenchPage.java:1018)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.access$18(WorkbenchPage.java:999)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$19.run(WorkbenchPage.java:3666)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:67)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.showView(WorkbenchPage.java:3663)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.showView(WorkbenchPage.java:3639)
at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.openView(ShowViewHandler.java:165)
at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.openOther(ShowViewHandler.java:109)
at org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler.execute(ShowViewHandler.java:77)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:239)
at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:475)
at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecks(ParameterizedCommand.java:429)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerService.executeCommand(HandlerService.java:165)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.SlaveHandlerService.executeCommand(SlaveHandlerService.java:247)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ShowViewMenu$3.run(ShowViewMenu.java:128)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:498)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:545)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:490)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:402)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:938)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3682)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3293)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at ncsa.maeviz.rcp.Application.run(Unknown Source)
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.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.callMethod(EclipseAppContainer.java:533)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:155)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:106)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:76)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
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:504)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:443)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1169)

Is there something wrong with my computer? Please help me with this.
Thank you very much.

–
Yi-Sz Lin, PhD Candidate
Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
Texas A&M University
Telephone: 979-845-1010