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
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	public static boolean createGroup( DesignElementHandle parent, int position )
	{
		Assert.isNotNull( parent );
		try
		{
			return addGroup( parent, position );
		}
		catch ( SemanticException e )
		{
			ExceptionHandler.handle( e );
			return false;
		}
	}
	private static boolean addGroup( DesignElementHandle parent, int position )
			throws SemanticException
	{
		GroupHandle groupHandle = null;
		SlotHandle slotHandle = null;
		
		DesignElementFactory factory = DesignElementFactory.getInstance( parent.getModuleHandle( ) );
		if ( parent instanceof TableHandle )
		{
			groupHandle = factory.newTableGroup( );
			slotHandle = ( (TableHandle) parent ).getGroups( );
			int columnCount = ( (TableHandle) parent ).getColumnCount( );
			groupHandle.getHeader( ).add( factory.newTableRow( columnCount ) );
			groupHandle.getFooter( ).add( factory.newTableRow( columnCount ) );
		}
		else if ( parent instanceof ListHandle )