Bug 128939 [Wizards] NPE when checking option "Link to folder in the file system"
Platform: WindowsXP Japanese sp2 Driver M5, IBM Java 5.0 steps 1. create a Project 2. create a folder, click "Advanced>>" button at New Folder wizard 3. check option "Link to folder in the file system" result following error is logged. the link itself looks like working fine. !ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 2006-02-22 15:07:45.679 !MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception !ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2006-02-22 15:07:45.679 !MESSAGE java.lang.NullPointerException !STACK 0 java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.dialogs.CreateLinkedResourceGroup$1.widgetSelected(CreateLinkedResourceGroup.java:157) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:90) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:925) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3287) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2907) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:811) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:789) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.actions.NewWizardShortcutAction.run(NewWizardShortcutAction.java:110) at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:492) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:530) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:480) at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:392) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:925) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3287) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2907) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1899) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1863) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:417) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:143) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:106) at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:99) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:92) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:68) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:374) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:169) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:64) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:615) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:338) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:282) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:977) at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:952)
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/ide/dialogs/CreateLinkedResourceGroup.java
/**
    	 * Sets the String value.
    	 * @param string a non-null String
    	 */
    	void setValue(String string);
    	/**
    	 * Gets the String value.
    	 * @return the current value, or <code>null</code>
    	 */
    	String getValue();
    }
    
    private String lastUpdatedValue;
	private FileSystemSelectionArea fileSystemSelectionArea;
    /**
     * Creates a link target group 
     *
     * @param type specifies the type of resource to link to. 
     * 	<code>IResource.FILE</code> or <code>IResource.FOLDER</code>
     * @param listener listener to notify when one of the widgets'
     * 	value is changed.
     * @param updatableResourceName an updatable string value that will be
     *  updated to reflect the link target's last segment, or <code>null</code>.
     *  Updating will only happen if the current value of that string is null
     *  or the empty string, or if it has not been changed since the last time
     *  it was updated. 
     */