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/internal/ui/util/UIUtil.java
* @param pluginId
	 *            the identify of the plugin
	 * 
	 * @return the plug-in provider, or null if the plug-in is not found
	 */
	public static String getPluginProvider( String pluginId )
	{
		return getBundleValue( pluginId,
				org.osgi.framework.Constants.BUNDLE_VENDOR );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the plug-in name
	 * 
	 * @param pluginId
	 *            the identify of the plugin
	 * 
	 * @return the plug-in name, or null if the plug-in is not found
	 */
	public static String getPluginName( String pluginId )
	{
		return getBundleValue( pluginId,
				org.osgi.framework.Constants.BUNDLE_NAME );
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the plug-in version
	 * 
	 * @param pluginId
	 *            the identify of the plugin
	 * 
	 * @return the plug-in version, or null if the plug-in is not found