PH19676: IBM DEVELOPER FOR Z SYSTEMS (IDZ) ATTEMPTS TO OPEN ACTIONS AND MENUS FROM WINDOWS > PREFERENCES > MENU MANAGER FAILS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Developer for z Systems - IDz - v14.1
  Attempts to open Actions and Menus from Windows > Preferences >
  Menu Manager fails when the xml points to a file on a remote
  system and the user has not connected to that system prior to
  opening this dialog.
  
  Below is the error found in the .log file:
  !ENTRY org.eclipse.jface.....
  !MESSAGE Problems occurred when invoking code from plug-in:
  "org.eclipse.jface".
  !STACK 0
  java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
  at java.lang.J9VMInternals.ensureError(J9VMInternals.java:148)
  at java.lang.J9VMInternals.recordInitializationFailure
                                       (J9VMInternals.java:137)
  at com.ibm.tpf.menumanager.preferencepages.
                              EditorPreferencePage.createContent
  ....
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
  at com.ibm.tpf.menumanager.rdz.RDzRolloutSourceList.exists
                                  (RDzRolloutSourceList.java:62)
  at com.ibm.tpf.menumanager.rdz.RDzRolloutSourceList.addSources
                                  (RDzRolloutSourceList.java:44)
  at com.ibm.tpf.menumanager.common.ConfigurationFileUtility.
  appendContributionsFromPlugins(ConfigurationFileUtility.java)
  at com.ibm.tpf.menumanager.common.ConfigurationFileUtility.
             getAllSourceFiles(ConfigurationFileUtility.java:70)
  at com.ibm.tpf.menumanager.menuinterface.MenuAccessInterface.
                       initMainMap(MenuAccessInterface.java:981)
  at com.ibm.tpf.menumanager.menuinterface.MenuAccessInterface.
                    initializeMaps(MenuAccessInterface.java:884)
  at com.ibm.tpf.menumanager.menuinterface.MenuAccessInterface.
                       getInstance(MenuAccessInterface.java:436)
  at com.ibm.tpf.menumanager.preferencepages.FileComposite.
                                 <clinit>(FileComposite.java:89)
  

Local fix

• Connect to the remote server before opening the Window >
  Preferences > Menu Manager > Actions and Menus dialog if you
  point to a remote xml file.
  

Problem summary

• IDz client - Attempts to open Actions and Menus from Windows >
  Preferences > Menu Manager fails.  This happens when the Menu
  Manager actions are stored in a file on a remote system and the
  user has not connected to that system prior to opening this
  dialog.
  

Problem conclusion

• IDz has been changed to better handle the case when the
  connection is not active when trying to access the files
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DEV FOR Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels