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.rcp/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/designer/ui/internal/rcp/wizards/NewReportWizard.java
try
				{
					doFinish( locPath,
							fileName,
							stream,
							cheatSheetId,
							showCheatSheet,
							monitor );
				}
				finally
				{
					monitor.done( );
				}
			}
		};
		try
		{
			getContainer( ).run( true, false, op );
		}
		catch ( InterruptedException e )
		{
			return false;
		}
		catch ( InvocationTargetException e )
		{
			Throwable realException = e.getTargetException( );
			ExceptionHandler.handle( realException );
			return false;
		}
		return true;