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
*            the string to convert
	 * @return the string, or an empty string for null
	 */
	public static String convertToGUIString( String string )
	{
		if ( string == null )
		{
			string = ""; 
		}
		return string;
	}
	/**
	 * Convert the give string to Model style
	 * 
	 * @param string
	 *            the string to convert
	 * @param trim
	 *            specify if the string needs to be trimmed
	 * @return the string, or null for an empty string
	 */
	public static String convertToModelString( String string, boolean trim )
	{
		if ( string == null )
		{
			return null;
		}
		if ( trim )
		{
			string = string.trim( );
		}