Description:
Unable to open the Site Topology Editor using TIBCO BusinessEvents 5.0.0 HF2. Error thrown.


Symptoms:
This occurs with newly created Site Topology files. The error is seen in the Site Topology Editor.

Could not open the editor: An unexpected exception was thrown.

With the details:

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.tibco.cep.studio.cluster.topology.editors.ClusterTopologyEditor.createPages(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.ui.part.MultiPageEditorPart.createPartControl(MultiPageEditorPart.java:310)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPartHelper(EditorReference.java:661)
    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)




Cause:
A regression issue was identified in BE5.0.0 Hf2.

Unable to open the Site Topology Editor using TIBCO BusinessEvents 5.0.0 HF2. Error thrown.

Uninstall HF2 to be able to work with Site Topology files.