3.5.0RC4 unable to create view

[Iam Smiley]

Just hope this helps:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter$TerminatingClassNotFoundException: An error occurred while automatically activating bundle net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer (17).
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:125)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.baseadaptor.loader.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:419)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.findLocalClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:189)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:344)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:412)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:373)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:361)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:83)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.loadClass(BundleLoader.java:289)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.loadClass(BundleHost.java:227)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.loadClass(AbstractBundle.java:1266)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:160)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:819)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243)
    at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:51)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin$1.run(WorkbenchPlugin.java:244)
    at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:67)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin.createExtension(WorkbenchPlugin.java:240)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry.ViewDescriptor.createView(ViewDescriptor.java:69)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPartHelper(ViewReference.java:329)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPart(ViewReference.java:229)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:594)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Perspective.showFastView(Perspective.java:2012)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Perspective.setActiveFastView(Perspective.java:1794)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Perspective.setActiveFastView(Perspective.java:1807)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Perspective.toggleFastView(Perspective.java:2195)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.toggleFastView(WorkbenchPage.java:3735)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ShowFastViewContribution.showView(ShowFastViewContribution.java:157)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ShowFastViewContribution.access$1(ShowFastViewContribution.java:155)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ShowFastViewContribution$3.widgetSelected(ShowFastViewContribution.java:138)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:227)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:938)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3742)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3353)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
    at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
    at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:106)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:169)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:106)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:76)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:515)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:455)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1193)
Caused by: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.plugin.SQLExplorerPlugin.start() of bundle net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:1018)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:974)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:346)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.start(AbstractBundle.java:261)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:400)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:111)
    ... 55 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.history.SQLHistoryElement.<init>(SQLHistoryElement.java:81)
    at net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.history.SQLHistory.loadFromFileV350(SQLHistory.java:189)
    at net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.history.SQLHistory.loadFromFile(SQLHistory.java:178)
    at net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.history.SQLHistory.<init>(SQLHistory.java:85)
    at net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.plugin.SQLExplorerPlugin.start(SQLExplorerPlugin.java:114)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:999)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:993)
    ... 60 more

[John Spackman]

I think that this is fixed in RC5 - ie, I havn't been able to reproduce it but I can see what the problem would be.  RC5 is uploading now.

John