eclipse product invocation causes java.lang.RuntimeException: No application id has been found

Question

I just exported a product that is working nicely if I hit the "Launch an Eclipse application" button. If try to execute the exported product, I get following exception on the startup:

!SESSION 2012-03-16 17:28:21.206 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=1.6.0_26
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=de_DE
Command-line arguments:  -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2012-03-16 17:28:22.184
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
java.lang.RuntimeException: No application id has been found.
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.startDefaultApp(EclipseAppContainer.java:242)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.MainApplicationLauncher.run(MainApplicationLauncher.java:29)
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:344)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386)

Just before I exported the product, I performed a validation of the dependencies and it was fine. Do you have a clue what is going wrong? Thank you!

Answer 1

It basically means, that when launching an eclipse Program the id of the selected product in the run configuration is not preset in the set of your plugins:

Answer 2

I went to my run configurations and hit Add Required Plug-Ins one the Plug-Ins page. Made the problem go away.

Answer 3

Review the Dependencies tab, and remove the extra plug-ins are are showing un-resolved in the Plug-ins and Fragments.

Answer 4

I had the same problem. With E4 tooling the following steps worked for me. Open .product file and go to Dependencies tab. Then press Add Required Plug-ins. Then go to Overview and press Launch an Eclipse application. Also you should do Help->Check for updates

Answer 5

Added missing javax.xml dependency to the product configuration file:

<plugin id="com.ibm.icu"/>
<plugin id="javax.annotation"/>
<plugin id="javax.inject"/>
+<plugin id="javax.xml"/>
<plugin id="org.apache.batik.css"/>
<plugin id="org.apache.batik.util"/>
<plugin id="org.apache.batik.util.gui"/>

Answer 6

I had a similar exception while launching my project. In my case, the reason was JRE version - I've set JRE 1.7 instead of 1.6 in debug configuration, and things started to work. I believe the same thing can happen, if the project was configured for OpenJDK 1.6, and the debug launches it with sun-JDK 1.6.

Answer 7

Normally, I would look for the following:

• you are not exporting the exact same set of plug-ins in your product configuration as used in the launch configuration. There are no tools available for the compare.
• you have a custom config.ini file that does not define the proper application for the product.