PM80417: ClassCastException when accepting or rejecting changes in Compare Editor for Word documents Eclipse 3.7.2

APAR status

• Closed as user error.

Error description

• When  accepting or rejecting changes in Compare Editor for Word
  documents using Eclipse 3.7.2 the following error is returned.
  
  
  !ENTRY org.eclipse.compare.win32 4 2 2012-12-05 09:24:51.692
  !MESSAGE Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in:
  'org.eclipse.compare.win32'.
  !STACK 0
  java.lang.ClassCastException:
  org.eclipse.compare.internal.win32.WordMergeViewer incompatible
  with org.eclipse.compare.contentmergeviewer.ContentMergeViewer
              at
  org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.setDirty(CompareEditorInp
  ut.java:1155)
              at
  org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput.access$1(CompareEditorInp
  ut.java:1152)
              at
  org.eclipse.compare.CompareEditorInput$1.propertyChange(CompareE
  ditorInput.java:261)
              at
  org.eclipse.compare.internal.win32.WordMergeViewer$7.run(WordMer
  geViewer.java:442)
              at
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
              at
  org.eclipse.compare.internal.win32.WordMergeViewer.firePropertyC
  hange(WordMergeViewer.java:440)
              at
  org.eclipse.compare.internal.win32.WordMergeViewer.setDirty(Word
  MergeViewer.java:431)
              at
  org.eclipse.compare.internal.win32.WordMergeViewer$6.run(WordMer
  geViewer.java:415)
              at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runTimer(Display.java:4266)
              at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.messageProc(Display.java:3353)
              at
  org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessageW(Native
  Method)
              at
  org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessage(OS.java:2531)
              at
  org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:375
  2)
              at
  org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:27
  01)
              at
  org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2665)
              at
  org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2499)
              at
  org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:679)
              at
  org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Rea
  lm.java:332)
              at
  org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbenc
  h.java:668)
              at
  org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:
  149)
              at
  org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDE
  Application.java:123)
              at
  org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseApp
  Handle.java:196)
              at
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.run
  Application(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
              at
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.sta
  rt(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
              at
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStart
  er.java:344)
              at
  org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStart
  er.java:179)
              at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
              at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessor
  Impl.java:48)
              at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethod
  AccessorImpl.java:25)
              at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:600)
              at
  org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622)
              at
  org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577)
              at
  org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)
  
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=383893
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This is associated to an eclipse defect, not an RTC defect.
  It is Invalid.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Applicable component levels