PM83770: EXPORTING AN EAR RESULTS IN AN ERROR 'ORG.ECLIPSE.CORE.COMMANDS.EXECUTIONEXCEPTION: ERROR EXPORTING <EAR NAME>'

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.0
Rational Software Architect 9.0
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software 9.0
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 3 (8.0.4.3) for 8.0.4
Rational Application Developer Standard Edition Fix Pack 3 (8.0.4.3) for 8.0.4

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Abstract:
  
  Attempts to export an EAR results in an error
  'org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionException: Error exporting
  [EAR name]'
  
  Problem:
  
  This can occur if you have Linked Resources in your workspace.
  Recreate steps are:
  1)Create a directory structure like the following and include
  simple text files:
  c:\temp\files\file1.txt
  c:\temp\files\directory\file2.txt
  
  2) Create a Dynamic Web Project with simple class files created
  under a package.
  3) Expand the [Web Project]\Java Resources\src folder
  4) Right click on one of your package names and select Import ?
  General ? File System. Next.
  5) Navigate to the c:\temp\files\ directory.
  6) Check mark the 'files' directory in the file window. This
  will check mark the file1.txt file as well.
  7) Take the default for 'Into folder' and leave the 'Overwrite
  existing resources without warning' and 'Create complete folder
  structure' blank.
  8) Select Advanced. Select 'Create links in workspace', 'Create
  virtual folders', and 'Create link locations relative to:
  PROJECT_LOC'.
  9) Select Finish. Do a Project ? Clean.
  
  RESULT: This will add to the workspace file.txt under [package
  name] and file2.txt under [package name].directory.
  
  10) Try to export the EAR file. You will get the following
  error:
  
  org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionException: Error
  exportingc:/Test.ear
   at
  org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.archive.operations.ComponentExport
  Operation.execute(Unknown
  Source)
   at
  org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.internal.datamodel.DataModelPa
  usibleOperationImpl$1.run(Unknown
  Source)
   at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.run(Unknown
  Source)
   at ..........
  Caused by:
  org.eclipse.jst.jee.archive.ArchiveSaveFailureException:
  org.eclipse.jst.jee.archive.ArchiveSaveFailureException:
  java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
  org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.archive.operations.FlatComponentAr
  chiver.saveArchive(Unknown
  Source)
   at
  org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.archive.operations.ComponentExport
  Operation.export(Unknown
  Source)
   ... 11 more
  Caused by:
  org.eclipse.jst.jee.archive.ArchiveSaveFailureException:
  java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
  org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.archive.operations.FlatComponentAr
  chiver.saveArchive(Unknown
  Source)
   at
  org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.archive.operations.FlatComponentAr
  chiver.saveChildModules(Unknown
  Source)
   ... 13 more
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
  org.eclipse.wst.common.componentcore.internal.flat.FlatFolder.ge
  tAdapter(Unknown
  Source)
   at
  org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.archive.operations.FlatComponentAr
  chiver.addZipEntry(Unknown
  Source)
   at
  org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.archive.operations.FlatComponentAr
  chiver.saveFlatResources(Unknown
  Source)...........
   ... 15 more
  
  Local fix:
  
  To export then EAR file you need to remove the linked resources.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Attempts to export an EAR with virtual folders linked to the
  project results in an error
  "org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionException: Error exporting
  [EAR name]"
  

Problem conclusion

• Validation for physical location of the linked resources was
  added.
  
  The fix for this APAR is included in Rational Application
  Developer v8.0.4.3.
  

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

  RATL APP DEV WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724J1901

Applicable component levels

• R804 PSY

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