Bug 116706 Bad Class Cast in IDEReportEditor.java
So I'm trying to open a report with BIRT/Eclipse API using the BIRT 2.0 nightly build code (as of 11/16/2005). the file IDEReportEditor.java method private IFile getFile( IEditorInput input ) { return ( (ReportFileEditorInput) input ).getFile( ); } However, input can be ReportEditorInput which is also an IEditorInput (to support reports found outside projects and workspaces) which doesn't even have a getFile() method on it. This causes a deeply nested exception that causes the report desinger to not be able to show a report that might be physically located outside a workspace.
UI/org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/ui/actions/BaseInsertMenuAction.java
{
					return handle.getSlot( slotId );
				}
			}
			return handle.getContainerSlotHandle( );
		}
		return null;
	}
	protected Request insertElement( ) throws Exception
	{
		Request request = new Request( IRequestConstants.REQUEST_TYPE_INSERT );
		Map extendsData = new HashMap( );
		extendsData.put( IRequestConstants.REQUEST_KEY_INSERT_SLOT, slotHandle );
		extendsData.put( IRequestConstants.REQUEST_KEY_INSERT_TYPE, insertType );
		extendsData.put( IRequestConstants.REQUEST_KEY_INSERT_POSITION,
				InsertAction.BELOW );
		request.setExtendedData( extendsData );
		if ( ProviderFactory.createProvider( slotHandle.getElementHandle( ) )
				.performRequest( model, request ) )
		{
			return request;
		}
		return null;
	}
	protected void selectElement( final Object element, final boolean edit )
	{
		Display.getCurrent( ).asyncExec( new Runnable( ) {
			public void run( )
			{
				if ( element instanceof ReportItemHandle )