### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.ui
Index: j2ee_ui/org/eclipse/jst/j2ee/internal/actions/OpenJ2EEResourceAction.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/webtools/jeetools/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.ui/j2ee_ui/org/eclipse/jst/j2ee/internal/actions/OpenJ2EEResourceAction.java,v
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -u -r1.33 OpenJ2EEResourceAction.java
--- j2ee_ui/org/eclipse/jst/j2ee/internal/actions/OpenJ2EEResourceAction.java	3 Mar 2008 16:23:29 -0000	1.33
+++ j2ee_ui/org/eclipse/jst/j2ee/internal/actions/OpenJ2EEResourceAction.java	2 Jun 2008 20:30:17 -0000
@@ -231,8 +231,14 @@
 			IEditorRegistry registry = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getEditorRegistry();
 			IFile file = WorkbenchResourceHelper.getFile((EObject)obj);
 			if(file != null) {
-				IContentType contentType = IDE.getContentType(file);
-				currentDescriptor = registry.getDefaultEditor(file.getName(), contentType);
+				//if the file does not exist then there is no editor to open it with
+				if(file.exists()){
+					IContentType contentType = IDE.getContentType(file);
+					currentDescriptor = registry.getDefaultEditor(file.getName(), contentType);
+				} else {
+					currentDescriptor = null;
+					return false;
+				}
 			} else {
 				if (((EObject)obj).eResource() != null) {
 					String name = (new Path(((EObject)obj).eResource().getURI().toString())).lastSegment();