[news.eclipse.dtp] Re: DTP Init Not Thread Safe

[Brian Fitzpatrick <bfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Erik wrote:
> Is DTP to be considered Thread safe? 
> I have run across a problem when multiple threads at startup.
>
> I believe the problem is within 
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionProfileManager.processExtensions 
>
>
> because the error I am getting is an Assertion failure on multiple 
> definitions of an attribute.
>
> In my code I am calling 
> IConnectionProfile.createConnection(ConnectionProfileConstants.PING_FACTORY_ID) 
>
> and getting those assertion errors.
We have dealt with a few of the thread safety issues in the past, but I 
think we're pretty good at this point. Do you have some context for this 
 issue? You're calling this in an RCP app?