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Product Version = NetBeans IDE 7.2 (Build 201207171143) Operating System = Linux version 2.6.32-45-generic running on i386 Java; VM; Vendor = 1.6.0_24 Runtime = OpenJDK Client VM 20.0-b12
Created attachment 130018 [details] IDE log
Whenever i switch on my PC & then open netbeans, My project list window shows no projects. Also trying to open from File->Open Recent project, the project doesn't open.
relevant stacktrace from ide log. java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.OpenProjectList$ProjectByDisplayNameComparator at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.OpenProjectList.projectByDisplayName(OpenProjectList.java:137) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectsRootNode$ProjectChildren.getKeys(ProjectsRootNode.java:394) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectsRootNode$ProjectChildren.addNotify(ProjectsRootNode.java:261) at org.openide.nodes.Children.callAddNotify(Children.java:575) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getArray(EntrySupportDefault.java:632) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getNodes(EntrySupportDefault.java:114) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getNodes(EntrySupportDefault.java:165) at org.openide.nodes.Children.getNodes(Children.java:469) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectTab$KeepExpansion.run(ProjectTab.java:431) at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:1452) [catch] at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:2032) SEVERE [global] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.OpenProjectList$ProjectByDisplayNameComparator at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.OpenProjectList.projectByDisplayName(OpenProjectList.java:137) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectsRootNode$ProjectChildren.getKeys(ProjectsRootNode.java:394) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectsRootNode$ProjectChildren.addNotify(ProjectsRootNode.java:261) at org.openide.nodes.Children.callAddNotify(Children.java:575) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getArray(EntrySupportDefault.java:632) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getNodes(EntrySupportDefault.java:114) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getNodes(EntrySupportDefault.java:165) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getNodesCount(EntrySupportDefault.java:169) at org.openide.nodes.Children.getNodesCount(Children.java:509) at org.openide.explorer.view.VisualizerNode.getChildren(VisualizerNode.java:258)
java.lang.NullPointerException at java.text.RBTableBuilder.getCharOrder(RBTableBuilder.java:442) at java.text.RBTableBuilder.addComposedChars(RBTableBuilder.java:183) at java.text.RBTableBuilder.build(RBTableBuilder.java:158) at java.text.RBCollationTables.<init>(RBCollationTables.java:83) at java.text.RuleBasedCollator.<init>(RuleBasedCollator.java:293) at java.text.Collator.getInstance(Collator.java:268) at java.text.Collator.getInstance(Collator.java:224) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.OpenProjectList$ProjectByDisplayNameComparator.<clinit>(OpenProjectList.java:1674) Caused: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.OpenProjectList.projectByDisplayName(OpenProjectList.java:137) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectsRootNode$ProjectChildren.getKeys(ProjectsRootNode.java:394) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectsRootNode$ProjectChildren.addNotify(ProjectsRootNode.java:261) at org.openide.nodes.Children.callAddNotify(Children.java:575) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getArray(EntrySupportDefault.java:632) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getNodes(EntrySupportDefault.java:114) at org.openide.nodes.EntrySupportDefault.getNodes(EntrySupportDefault.java:165) at org.openide.nodes.Children.getNodes(Children.java:469) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectsRootNode.checkNoLazyNode(ProjectsRootNode.java:214) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.ProjectsRootNode.checkNoLazyNode(ProjectsRootNode.java:209) at org.netbeans.modules.project.ui.OpenProjectList$LoadOpenProjects.run(OpenProjectList.java:317) at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:1452) [catch] at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:2032)
please update your JDK to latest oracle 1.6 or 1.7. The problem appears to be in the call to java.text.Collator.getInstance() not completing and throwing NPE.
closing as wontfix as the issue appears to be in the jdk sourcebase. Nothing we can do on our part. Please upgrade to Oracle JDK from [1] and if the problem persists reopen the issue. [1] - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html