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Bug 256871

Summary:	Module Development: "got no controller"
Product:	apisupport	Reporter:	Peter Nabbefeld <epdv>
Component:	Harness	Assignee:	pgebauer <pgebauer>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.1
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description Peter Nabbefeld 2015-11-30 14:37:10 UTC

When creating an options dialog, I get "java.lang.Exception: got no controller from MyPanel: null".

Stacktrace:
	at org.netbeans.spi.options.AdvancedOption$1.call(AdvancedOption.java:151)
	at org.netbeans.spi.options.AdvancedOption$1.call(AdvancedOption.java:144)
[catch] at org.netbeans.modules.options.AdvancedOptionImpl.create(AdvancedOptionImpl.java:102)
	at org.netbeans.modules.options.TabbedController.handleTabSwitched(TabbedController.java:214)
	at org.netbeans.modules.options.TabbedController.initTabbedPane(TabbedController.java:195)
	at org.netbeans.modules.options.TabbedController.getComponent(TabbedController.java:172)
	at org.netbeans.modules.options.CategoryModel$Category.getComponent(CategoryModel.java:431)
	at org.netbeans.modules.options.OptionsPanel.setCurrentCategory(OptionsPanel.java:259)
	at org.netbeans.modules.options.OptionsPanel.access$300(OptionsPanel.java:125)
	at org.netbeans.modules.options.OptionsPanel$1$1.run(OptionsPanel.java:219)
...

When looking into the code, "controller" is fetched from attrs, thus should be defined in "generated-layer.xml", but it isn't.

Comment 1 Peter Nabbefeld 2015-12-01 06:45:15 UTC

Oops, sorry - entry is present in generated-layer.xml (just overlooked it because sometimes "name" is the first attribute, else it is the last one). Nevertheless, the "controller" attribute seems to be missed for some cause, probably there's a problem with the generated folder structure?