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
{
			shell = PlatformUI.getWorkbench( ).getDisplay( ).getActiveShell( );
			if ( shell == null )
			{
				shell = Display.getCurrent( ).getActiveShell( );
			}
			if ( shell == null )
			{
				shell = PlatformUI.getWorkbench( )
						.getActiveWorkbenchWindow( )
						.getShell( );
			}
		}
		catch ( Exception e )
		{
		}
		if ( shell == null )
		{
			return new Shell( );
		}
		return shell;
	}
	public static ElementFactory getElementFactory( )
	{
		return SessionHandleAdapter.getInstance( )
				.getReportDesignHandle( )
				.getElementFactory( );
	}
	/**
	 * Creates a new group under the given parent