New User -- Installation error with CFeclipse 1.3.1.1

[Tony Brasunas]

I've just installed CFEclipse 1.3.1.1 with Ganymede (Eclipse 3.4.2). When attempting to edit a .cfm file, I am getting the error:

Could not open the editor: Editor could not be initialized.

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/eclipse/ui/internal/editors/text/JavaFileEditorInput
    at org.cfeclipse.cfml.editors.CFDocumentProvider.setDocumentContent(CFDocumentProvider.java:175)
    at org.cfeclipse.cfml.editors.CFDocumentProvider.createDocument(CFDocumentProvider.java:87)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractDocumentProvider.createElementInfo(AbstractDocumentProvider.java:331)
    at org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.StorageDocumentProvider.createElementInfo(StorageDocumentProvider.java:273)
    at org.eclipse.ui.editors.text.FileDocumentProvider.createElementInfo(FileDocumentProvider.java:769)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractDocumentProvider.connect(AbstractDocumentProvider.java:398)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.doSetInput(AbstractTextEditor.java:3991)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.StatusTextEditor.doSetInput(StatusTextEditor.java:190)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractDecoratedTextEditor.doSetInput(AbstractDecoratedTextEditor.java:1325)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor$19.run(AbstractTextEditor.java:3026)
    at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.runInCurrentThread(ModalContext.java:464)
    at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.run(ModalContext.java:372)
    at org.eclipse.jface.window.ApplicationWindow$1.run(ApplicationWindow.java:758)
    at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
    at org.eclipse.jface.window.ApplicationWindow.run(ApplicationWindow.java:755)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.run(WorkbenchWindow.java:2487)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.internalInit(AbstractTextEditor.java:3044)
    at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.AbstractTextEditor.init(AbstractTextEditor.java:3071)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.createSite(EditorManager.java:799)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPartHelper(EditorReference.java:643)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPart(EditorReference.java:428)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:594)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorAreaHelper.setVisibleEditor(EditorAreaHelper.java:263)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager.setVisibleEditor(EditorManager.java:1410)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorManager$5.runWithException(EditorManager.java:944)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.StartupThreading$StartupRunnable.run(StartupThreading.java:31)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:133)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:3800)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3425)
    at org.eclipse.ui.application.WorkbenchAdvisor.openWindows(WorkbenchAdvisor.java:803)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$27.runWithException(Workbench.java:1363)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.StartupThreading$StartupRunnable.run(StartupThreading.java:31)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:133)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:3800)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3425)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2295)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2200)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:495)
    at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:288)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:490)
    at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:113)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:193)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:386)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
    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:549)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:504)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1236)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.ui.internal.editors.text.JavaFileEditorInput
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:483)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:399)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:387)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:87)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
    ... 56 more

[tony]

OK, trying to answer my own question, having read through other topics
in this group, I see that I should never have installed version
1.3.1.1.

Thing is, other 'stable' versions are not available from Eclipse.
Perhaps http://www.cfeclipse.org/update needs to be cleaned up? Why is
1.3.1.1 still in there at all?

The information and documentation at http://trac.cfeclipse.org/cfeclipse/wiki/InstallingCfeclipse
is quite out of date.

When I downloaded and installed Eclipse, there is an option available
under Help>Software Updates, but after that, everything works
differently now. This wouldn't be a big deal (I don't think I'm a
total idiot), and the many departures from the documentation are
comprehensible, except that finally when everything seems configured,
1.3.1.6 isn't available.

I've done what's suggested in other posts: located my JRE, configured
my eclipse.ini, and tried starting up Eclipse from the command line
with the "-clean" option. No luck.

I think I need to find 1.3.1.6 so I can finally give Eclipse and
CFEclipse a try.

Do I need to install 1.3.1.6 by hand? Or can http://www.cfeclipse.org/update
be cleaned up so that 1.3.1.6 is available? Right now, from Eclipse,
the versions that come up (I have "show all versions" options checked)
are:

1.2.1
1.3.0
1.3.1
1.3.1.1
and the cutting edge versions:
1.3.2.200901041029
1.3.2.200901041023

So while I've read the perplexed complaints of those who can't
possibly understand why anyone is still trying to use 1.3.1.1, given
the options above that Eclipse finds at http://www.cfeclipse.org/update,
it is understandable that many of us would choose that version. No?

So, am I foolishly overlooking something obvious? -- quite
possible ;-)

Or is there a problem with the version library at cfeclipse.org that
can be sorted out?

Thanks,

-tony

[Randy]

Hey tony,

Thanks for trying out CFEclipse. It totally agree that the update site
is a bit of a confusing mess right now. And the documentation is a bit
out of date. I'll work on fixing the wiki page to make it up to date
for Eclipse 3.4.

I could be wrong, but using Eclipse 3.4 you will probably be better
off going with the latest beta (1.3.2.200901041029). That is what I
have been using for my CF development and it works well. Of course
thing are still being fixed. Hopefully the next beta build that comes
out will have a lot better dictionary information and a few other
fixes. Not sure when that is planned. Maybe someone from the inner
circles of CFEclipse could answer that?!?

I would suggest using the cutting edge for now as it seems to work
best with Eclipse 3.4.x.

Randy

On Jun 11, 2:56 pm, tony <tonybrasu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, trying to answer my own question, having read through other topics
> in this group, I see that I should never have installed version
> 1.3.1.1.
>
> Thing is, other 'stable' versions are not available from Eclipse.

> Perhapshttp://www.cfeclipse.org/updateneeds to be cleaned up? Why is

> 1.3.1.1 still in there at all?
>

> The information and documentation athttp://trac.cfeclipse.org/cfeclipse/wiki/InstallingCfeclipse

[Jim Priest]

Randy - if you update the wiki site - let me know - otherwise I'll do
it - I guess it's never been updated for 3.4. I'll update the main
site as well.

I wonder if it would be worthwhile (though i don't know how) to remove
some of these older versions from the update list??

Jim

[tony]

Thanks very much Randy.
I just installed the latest version and so far so good. Looks like a
great tool!

I bet I'm not the first person to be (nearly) put off by this bit of
confusion. I'd definitely say it's time to move versions of CFeclipse
prior to 1.3.1.6 to a different location. Leave www.cfeclipse.org/updates
for current live versions.

And it would be great to update the wiki page on installations.

thanks all,
t

On Jun 11, 1:53 pm, Jim Priest <pri...@thecrumb.com> wrote:
> Randy - if you update the wiki site - let me know - otherwise I'll do
> it - I guess it's never been updated for 3.4.  I'll update the main
> site as well.
>
> I wonder if it would be worthwhile (though i don't know how) to remove
> some of these older versions from the update list??
>
> Jim
>

[Randy]

I've updated the installation page for Eclipse 3.4. Once 3.5 has come
out and it's been tested we could include instructions for it too,
although they should be similar.

As far as the older versions, that is part of the actual code in the
update site. I have an idea of how it would be done, but that is for
the developers who are closer to main development of CFEclipse to
decide. I'll post a message about it to the dev list to see what
people think about removing the older versions.

Randy

[Jim Priest]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Randy<Zora...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've updated the installation page for Eclipse 3.4. Once 3.5 has come
> out and it's been tested we could include instructions for it too,
> although they should be similar.

Thanks for stepping up and updating those instructions!

> As far as the older versions, that is part of the actual code in the
> update site. I have an idea of how it would be done, but that is for
> the developers who are closer to main development of CFEclipse to
> decide. I'll post a message about it to the dev list to see what
> people think about removing the older versions.

Good idea - is anyone on the dev list??

Jim

[Randy]

Well, I've added the thread to discuss removing the old versions. So I
guess that now we wait and see if anyone is on the dev list... ;)

Randy

[Jim Priest]

Can you let me know if you get a reply? If that list isn't active I
say we just move dev discussions here.

Jim