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When I try to open a Java editor I often get "Could not open the editor: Editor could not be initialized." error (stack trace pasted below). When it happens I have to restart Eclipse and everything works fine. Eclipse I20080617-2000 JDK 1.6.0_10 !ENTRY org.eclipse.jface 4 2 2008-07-19 21:15:03.909 !MESSAGE Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in: "org.eclipse.jface". !STACK 0 java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.SourceElementParser.getTypeReference(SourceElementParser.java:753) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.consumeClassHeaderExtends(Parser.java:2215) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.consumeRule(Parser.java:5298) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:9270) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:9498) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:9455) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.SourceElementParser.parseCompilationUnit(SourceElementParser.java:899) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.CompilationUnit.buildStructure(CompilationUnit.java:196) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.Openable.generateInfos(Openable.java:257) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaElement.openWhenClosed(JavaElement.java:514) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaElement.getElementInfo(JavaElement.java:251) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.JavaElement.getElementInfo(JavaElement.java:237) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.core.CompilationUnit.getSourceRange(CompilationUnit.java:894) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.selectionactions.GoToNextPreviousMemberAction.update(GoToNextPreviousMemberAction.java:89) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.selectionactions.GoToNextPreviousMemberAction.<init>(GoToNextPreviousMemberAction.java:68) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.selectionactions.GoToNextPreviousMemberAction.newGoToNextMemberAction(GoToNextPreviousMemberAction.java:55) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.JavaEditor.createActions(JavaEditor.java:2679) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.CompilationUnitEditor.createActions(CompilationUnitEditor.java:1042) at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.createPartControl(AbstractTextEditor.java:3361) at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.StatusTextEditor.createPartControl(StatusTextEditor.java:53) at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractDecoratedTextEditor.createPartControl(AbstractDecoratedTextEditor.java:394) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.JavaEditor.createPartControl(JavaEditor.java:3033) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.CompilationUnitEditor.createPartControl(CompilationUnitEditor.java:1459) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPartHelper(EditorReference.java:661) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPart(EditorReference.java:428) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:594) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartPane.setVisible(PartPane.java:306) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.PresentablePart.setVisible(PresentablePart.java:180) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.PresentablePartFolder.select(PresentablePartFolder.java:270) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.LeftToRightTabOrder.select(LeftToRightTabOrder.java:65) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.presentations.util.TabbedStackPresentation.selectPart(TabbedStackPresentation.java:473) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.refreshPresentationSelection(PartStack.java:1256) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.setSelection(PartStack.java:1209) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.showPart(PartStack.java:1608) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.add(PartStack.java:499) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorStack.add(EditorStack.java:103) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PartStack.add(PartStack.java:485) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorStack.add(EditorStack.java:112) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorSashContainer.addEditor(EditorSashContainer.java:63) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.addToLayout(EditorAreaHelper.java:217) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.addEditor(EditorAreaHelper.java:207) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.createEditorTab(EditorManager.java:779) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.openEditorFromDescriptor(EditorManager.java:678) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.openEditor(EditorManager.java:639) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditorBatched(WorkbenchPage.java:2817) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2729) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.access$11(WorkbenchPage.java:2721) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$10.run(WorkbenchPage.java:2673) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2668) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2652) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2643) at org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IDE.java:646) at org.eclipse.ui.ide.IDE.openEditor(IDE.java:605) at org.eclipse.ui.actions.OpenFileAction.openFile(OpenFileAction.java:99) at org.eclipse.ui.actions.OpenSystemEditorAction.run(OpenSystemEditorAction.java:99) at org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.OpenActionGroup.runDefaultAction(OpenActionGroup.java:125) at org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.MainActionGroup.runDefaultAction(MainActionGroup.java:329) at org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.ResourceNavigator.handleOpen(ResourceNavigator.java:716) at org.eclipse.ui.views.navigator.ResourceNavigator$6.open(ResourceNavigator.java:443) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$2.run(StructuredViewer.java:820) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:37) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:880) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:48) at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:175) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.fireOpen(StructuredViewer.java:818) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.handleOpen(StructuredViewer.java:1079) at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$6.handleOpen(StructuredViewer.java:1183) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.fireOpenEvent(OpenStrategy.java:263) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$2(OpenStrategy.java:257) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$1.mouseSelectItem(OpenStrategy.java:428) at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$1.handleEvent(OpenStrategy.java:364) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1158) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3401) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3033) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2382) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2346) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2198) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:493) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:288) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:488) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:113) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:193) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:382) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:549) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:504) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1236)
This is a problem with the VM.
Reopen to close as a dup of bug 215804.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 215804 ***
Verified for 3.5M2 using I20080914-2000