NullpointException on Perl Expression View

cooltfn wrote on Sat Nov  8 10:52:06 CET 2008:

Windows XP SP2
Eclipse 3.4
Perl 5.8.8
PadWalker 1.5

No matter what is entered into the Perl Expression View, when you click
the button to run you get a java nullpointer error.

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.epic.debug.ui.ExpressionView.evaluateExpression(Unknown Source)
	at org.epic.debug.ui.ExpressionView.access$0(Unknown Source)
	at org.epic.debug.ui.ExpressionView$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:498)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:545)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:490)
	at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$6.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:443)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:66)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:938)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3682)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3293)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2389)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2353)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2219)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$4.run(Workbench.java:466)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:289)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:461)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
	at org.talend.rcp.intro.Application.start(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:153)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:106)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:76)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:363)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:176)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:504)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:443)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1169)

Guys, any help is appreciated.

jploski wrote on Sat Nov  8 14:54:39 CET 2008:

The NPE is a bug. Instead, the Perl Expression View should be disabled.

This view can only be used when a debugging session is active.