Bug 484565 - Unactionable error message for CoreException: Executable extension definition for "class" not found.
Summary: Unactionable error message for CoreException: Executable extension definition...
Status: NEW
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Runtime (show other bugs)
Version: 4.6   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
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Assignee: platform-runtime-inbox CLA
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Reported: 2015-12-17 08:03 EST by Andreas Sewe CLA
Modified: 2015-12-17 08:03 EST (History)
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Description Andreas Sewe CLA 2015-12-17 08:03:07 EST 
I just got the following exception (by way of the automated error reporting), which is hardly actionable; from the error message one cannot know which configuration element was affected. IMHO, including the name and contributorId in the exception's message would help a lot.

Exception:org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Executable extension definition for "class" not found.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.throwException(ConfigurationElement.java:62)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:222)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin$1.run(WorkbenchPlugin.java:291)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:52)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin.createExtension(WorkbenchPlugin.java:286)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EarlyStartupRunnable.run(EarlyStartupRunnable.java:53)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$55.run(Workbench.java:2835)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55)