Bug 208791 [Markers] NPE in ExtendedMarkersView
org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Failed to execute runnable (java.lang.NullPointerException) at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:3706) at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:3624) [... snip ...] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.ui.internal.provisional.views.markers.ExtendedMarkersView$10.runInUIThread(ExtendedMarkersView.java:896) at org.eclipse.ui.progress.UIJob$1.run(UIJob.java:94) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:130) ... 52 more This brought down testResourceMappings(), but you just need to check getCategories() can return null. PW
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/provisional/views/markers/ExtendedMarkersView.java
builder.setProgressService((IWorkbenchSiteProgressService) service);
		setPartName(generator.getName());
		this.memento = memento;
	}
	/**
	 * Return whether or not group is enabled.
	 * 
	 * @param group
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	boolean isEnabled(MarkerFieldFilterGroup group) {
		return builder.getGenerator().getEnabledFilters().contains(group);
	}
	/**
	 * Return whether or not generator is the selected one.
	 * 
	 * @param generator
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	boolean isShowing(MarkerContentGenerator generator) {
		return this.builder.getGenerator().equals(generator);
	}
	/**
	 * Open the filters dialog for the receiver.
	 */
	void openFiltersDialog() {
		FiltersConfigurationDialog dialog = new FiltersConfigurationDialog(
				new SameShellProvider(getSite().getWorkbenchWindow().getShell()),
				builder.getGenerator());
		if (dialog.open() == Window.OK) {