Won't install on latest Eclipse

[bcwhite-code]

Won't install on latest Eclipse

[suztomo]

The documentation https://cloud.google.com/eclipse/docs/quickstart has been updated to reflect that "Install the Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java and Web Developers, version 4.8 - 4.21 (later versions are not supported)". Thank you for reporting the issue.

[Ihernandezpi]

Same issue :(

[bcwhite-code]

My read is that they've deprecated it internally. It's also likely that, now that the bug is closed, nobody inside will see our comments. Best would be to open a new bug.

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-- Brian (sent from my Android; expect typos and brevity)

On Thu, Apr 6, 2023, 23:38 Laurent Hasson ***@***.***> wrote: Why was this closed? Is there no intention to fix? What should be people do who have a whole bunch of projects using that feature? What is the migration path for such projects to remove the dependency on the plugin, upgrade to the latest and greatest eclipse, and the app still works? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3706 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACLEM3CDPMHAS2S6PERS7QLW76D3NANCNFSM6AAAAAAT433EDM> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[bcwhite-code]

I completely removed Eclipse and installed the 2021-09 version (1.5y old!) and now the GCP install was successful.

I was then able to create a "standard" App Engine project. Or mostly so as it repeatedly gives an error dialog:

An error has occurred. See error log for more details.
'boolean com.ibm.icu.text.UTF16.isSurrogate(char)'

I had to force-close Eclipse and restart it.

Details:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'boolean com.ibm.icu.text.UTF16.isSurrogate(char)'
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.JavaWordFinder.findWord(JavaWordFinder.java:61)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.JavaEditor.updateOccurrenceAnnotations(JavaEditor.java:3300)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.JavaEditor$ActivationListener.windowActivated(JavaEditor.java:1216)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$8.run(Workbench.java:1005)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.fireWindowActivated(Workbench.java:1002)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow$6.shellActivated(WorkbenchWindow.java:2459)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:92)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:89)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4237)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1060)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1084)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1069)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations.WM_ACTIVATE(Decorations.java:1521)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.WM_ACTIVATE(Shell.java:2292)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:4750)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas.windowProc(Canvas.java:340)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations.windowProc(Decorations.java:1480)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.windowProc(Shell.java:2264)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:4958)
	at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DestroyWindow(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.destroyWidget(Control.java:782)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.destroyWidget(Shell.java:710)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.release(Widget.java:826)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.dispose(Widget.java:423)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations.dispose(Decorations.java:392)
	at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.close(Window.java:335)

[bcwhite-code]

After telling Eclipse to "Check for updates" and installing everything (main Eclipse version is still 2021-09), the created App Engine project is now broken.

For example, HttpServletRequest is underlined in red saying "HttpServletRequest cannot be resolved to a type".

[bcwhite-code]

Oh, I see by the .md file that "versions since 4.22 are currently not supported". That should be mentioned in the GCP docs that tell how to install this since they don't link to the .md file.

Eclipse v4.21 is nearly 18 months old. If this plugin has been abandoned, I suggest documenting that.

https://cloud.google.com/eclipse/docs/quickstart
"Install the Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java and Web Developers, version 4.8 or later"

"or later" is obviously not correct.

[suztomo]

@bcwhite-code Thank you for the report. I'm able to reproduce the installation issue:

We'll discuss the actions and will update this issue.

[ldhasson]

Is this going to be fixed? I mean, i have to update Eclipse to stay current. I can't be stuck with an 18-months old version.

[ldhasson]

Why was this closed? Is there no intention to fix? What should be people do who have a whole bunch of projects using that feature? What is the migration path for such projects to remove the dependency on the plugin, upgrade to the latest and greatest eclipse, and the app still works?