[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Diagnostics being swallowed - how to see det

[wegener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Wegener)]

Have you looked in the .log file in the .metadata directory of your 
runtime workbench.  This should contain the stack trace associated with 
the exception.

Mark Hutchinson wrote:

> You can try adding a java Exception Breakpoint.  In the Breakpoint view 
> click on the exclamation mark icon that has the J beside it, and then 
> select the Exception you want to break at.

> benedict heal wrote:
> > I'm writing an editor.
> > It initialises OK (gets to the end of the init() method), but when I 
> > open a document, it displays on the console:
> >
> >     Unhandled event loop exception
> >     Reason:
> >     Failed to execute runnable (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError)
> >
> > There is no stack trace, so I can't tell where it is having problems.
> >
> > Is there any way of suppressing/changing the  Eclipse error handling so 
> > I can see the entire exception?
> > Or is there some other suitable debugging technique to solve such problems?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Benedict