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Bug 4178

Summary: Sometimes the TopComponent`s for a properties file (edit mode) cannot be closed.
Product: platform Reporter: Jesse Glick <jglick>
Component: -- Other --Assignee: Jesse Glick <jglick>
Status: CLOSED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P4    
Version: 3.x   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: DEFECT Exception Reporter:

Description Jesse Glick 1999-10-04 19:39:58 UTC
I`m not sure how to reproduce this, but I have open a couple of Bundle.properties files in the IDE (opened in Edit mode, i.e. text only). I cannot close these TopComponents--this problem is still he
re after several IDE restarts (the windows for the files are correctly restored with workspaces, but still I cannot close them). Exception on console:

Exception occurred during event dispatching:
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.netbeans.developer.modules.loaders.properties.PropertiesParser.readNextElem(PropertiesParser.java:199)
        at com.netbeans.developer.modules.loaders.properties.PropertiesParser.parseFileMain(PropertiesParser.java:125)
        at com.netbeans.developer.modules.loaders.properties.PropertiesParser.parseFile(PropertiesParser.java:109)
        at com.netbeans.developer.modules.loaders.properties.StructHandler.reparseNowBlocking(StructHandler.java:91)
        at com.netbeans.developer.modules.loaders.properties.PropertiesEditorSupport$PropertiesEditor.closeLast(PropertiesEditorSupport

        at org.openide.windows.CloneableTopComponent$Ref.unregister(CloneableTopComponent.java:219)
        at org.openide.windows.CloneableTopComponent.canClose(CloneableTopComponent.java:104)
        at org.openide.text.EditorSupport$Editor.canClose(EditorSupport.java:1029)
        at org.openide.windows.TopComponent.close(TopComponent.java:226)
        at org.openide.windows.TopComponent.close(TopComponent.java:203)
        at com.netbeans.developer.impl.windows.ModeImpl.containerClosing(ModeImpl.java:476)
        at com.netbeans.developer.impl.windows.MultiTabListenerImpl.windowClosing(MultiTabListenerImpl.java:59)
        at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.windowClosing(AWTEventMulticaster.java:291)
        at java.awt.Window.processWindowEvent(Window.java:635)
        at javax.swing.JFrame.processWindowEvent(JFrame.java:182)
        at java.awt.Window.processEvent(Window.java:611)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Comp
Comment 1 Marek Grummich 2000-07-25 09:25:59 UTC
Priority is changed to P4 (normal).
Comment 2 Quality Engineering 2003-07-02 14:56:33 UTC
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verify.
Comment 3 Quality Engineering 2003-07-02 15:18:37 UTC
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.