### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: model/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/builder/AbstractImageBuilder.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/model/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/builder/AbstractImageBuilder.java,v
retrieving revision 1.123
diff -u -r1.123 AbstractImageBuilder.java
--- model/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/builder/AbstractImageBuilder.java	17 Sep 2008 11:58:32 -0000	1.123
+++ model/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/builder/AbstractImageBuilder.java	27 Nov 2008 10:54:07 -0000
@@ -711,7 +711,11 @@
 			Object[] allValues = new Object[allNames.length];
 			// standard attributes
 			int index = 0;
-			allValues[index++] = problem.getMessage(); // message
+			String message = problem.getMessage();
+			if (message.length() > 2000) { // truncate the message if too long - markers cannot store more than 64kbytes property value
+				message = message.substring(0, 2000) + "..."; //$NON-NLS-1$
+			}
+			allValues[index++] = message; // message
 			allValues[index++] = problem.isError() ? S_ERROR : S_WARNING; // severity
 			allValues[index++] = new Integer(id); // ID
 			allValues[index++] = new Integer(problem.getSourceStart()); // start
@@ -759,11 +763,14 @@
 				System.arraycopy(attributeNames, 0, allNames, 0, standardLength);
 				System.arraycopy(extraAttributeNames, 0, allNames, standardLength, extraLength);
 			}
-
+			String message = task.getMessage();
+			if (message.length() > 2000) { // truncate the message if too long - markers cannot store more than 64kbytes property value
+				message = message.substring(0, 2000) + "..."; //$NON-NLS-1$
+			}
 			Object[] allValues = new Object[allNames.length];
 			// standard attributes
 			int index = 0;
-			allValues[index++] = task.getMessage();
+			allValues[index++] = message;
 			allValues[index++] = priority;
 			allValues[index++] = new Integer(task.getID());
 			allValues[index++] = new Integer(task.getSourceStart());