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
Object provider = getAdapter(IContextProvider.class);
				if (provider == null)
					return;
				IContext context = ((IContextProvider) provider)
						.getContext(viewer.getControl());
				PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getHelpSystem().displayHelp(context);
			}
		});
		registerContextMenu();
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.ui.part.WorkbenchPart#dispose()
	 */
	public void dispose() {
		super.dispose();
		updateJob.cancel();
		instanceCount--;
		if (clipboard != null)
			clipboard.dispose();
		IDEWorkbenchPlugin.getDefault().getPreferenceStore()
				.removePropertyChangeListener(preferenceListener);
	}
	/**
	 * Get all of the filters for the receiver.
	 * 
	 * @return Collection of {@link MarkerFieldFilterGroup}
	 */
	Collection getAllFilters() {