Bug 228006 [Markers] Marker generation should not run on shutdown
I20080415-1646 Sorry, no steps to reproduce, but I was shutting down eclipse and got this NPE: !ENTRY org.eclipse.core.jobs 4 2 2008-04-21 15:48:30.821 !MESSAGE An internal error occurred during: "Process resource updates". !STACK 0 java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Marker.getInfo(Marker.java:179) at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Marker.getType(Marker.java:193) at org.eclipse.ui.views.markers.internal.MarkerGroup$GroupMarkerField.compare(MarkerGroup.java:311) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.MarkerComparator.compare(MarkerComparator.java:88) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1307) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1296) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1295) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1295) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1295) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1296) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1295) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1295) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1295) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1296) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1296) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1295) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1296) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1296) at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1296) at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1223) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.CachedMarkerBuilder.sortAndMakeCategories(CachedMarkerBuilder.java:1107) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.CachedMarkerBuilder.buildAllMarkers(CachedMarkerBuilder.java:234) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.markers.CachedMarkerBuilder$1.run(CachedMarkerBuilder.java:351) at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55) I have a workspace with 135129 errors (yeah!) and I think the markers view was still populating itself (which seams to take forever) during the shutdown.
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/views/markers/ExtendedMarkersView.java
/**
 * The ExtendedMarkersView is the internal implementation of the view that shows
 * markers using the markerGenerators extension point.
 * 
 * The ExtendedMarkersView fully supports the markerSupport extension point and
 * is meant to be used as a view to complement them.
 * 
 * The markerContentGenerators to be used by the view can be specified by
 * appending a comma separated list of them after a colon in the class
 * specification of the view. If this list is left out the problems
 * markerContentProvider will be used.
 * 
 * @since 3.4
 * 
 */
public class ExtendedMarkersView extends ViewPart {
	/**
	 * MarkerSelectionEntry is a cache of the values for a marker entry.
	 * 
	 * @since 3.4
	 * 
	 */
	final class MarkerSelectionEntry {
		Object[] cachedValues;
		MarkerSelectionEntry(MarkerItem item) {
			MarkerField[] fields = builder.getVisibleFields();
			cachedValues = new Object[fields.length];
			for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				cachedValues[i] = fields[i].getValue(item);
			}