[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Class Loader failing from PreferenceNode.cre

[Michael Megliola <michael.megliola@xxxxxxxxx>]

Seems clear... I walk the code for PreferenceNode.createObject() and see 
the call to Class.forName() throw ClassNotFoundException...

...and a breakpoint in the constructor for the preference page is never
hit. Seems like a straightforward class loader issue / but the Eclipse
class loader is a little mysterious to me (somewhere it suggests that
you can register as a "buddy" class, but that doesn't seem applicable
to Eclipse's fundamental classes).

My plug-in depends on org.eclipse.jface already --



Walter Harley wrote:
> "Michael Megliola" <michael.megliola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:eqqd0i$a76$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I have made that mistake before... :)
> >
> > The plug-in loads and runs fine, the Error Log is clear, the problem
> > occurs when I invoke code that attempts to display a PreferenceDialog.
>
> And, is it definitely the case that the constructor of the pref page is not 
> getting called?  (As opposed to getting called and then NPE'ing or 
> something.)
>
> I'm just looking for anything beyond the obvious...