Error message with Eclipe 2020-06 since updating to latest SAP Development Tools version

[florian_wiedemann]

Hi,

I'm using Eclipse 2020-06 and updated to the latest version of the SAP Development Tools plugin.

After the update I see now the following error message when I start Eclipse.

In the Eclipse logfile .log I see the following error message:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.jobs 4 0 2020-07-15 17:02:45.692
!MESSAGE init exec providers default locations
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.core.jobs 4 2 2020-07-15 17:02:45.692
!MESSAGE An internal error occurred during: "GRUNT default location".
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sap.xst4e.exttools.exec.GruntExecProvider.getGlobalInstLocation(GruntExecProvider.java:104)
at com.sap.xst4e.exttools.exec.GruntExecProvider.getDefaultLocation(GruntExecProvider.java:42)
at com.sap.xst4e.exttools.internal.PreferenceInitializer.lambda$8(PreferenceInitializer.java:125)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job$2.run(Job.java:185)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:63)

Please fix it.

Kind regards

Florian

[florian_wiedemann]

Eclipse does not show any available update for the SAP Develpoment Tools but I still get the error message when starting Eclipse 2020-06.

Which version of the SAP Development Tools actually fixes this error exactly?

[ThFiedler · Accepted solution]

Hi community,

we found an issue in the area of CAP tooling. Fix will be provided asap.

Sorry for that.

Regards,

Thomas.

[jakobflaman · Accepted solution]

Thx Thomas!

[former_member1231495 · Accepted solution]

Hello Thomas,

Can you please confirm if this issue is already fixed ? I'm getting this error still in my system.

Thanks & Regards,

Praveenkumar RAdjacoumare.

[markus_ofterdinger · Accepted solution]

Hi, this issue is caused by the SAP Cloud Business Application Tools. A fixed version is available on this update site: https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/2021-09/

With this version installed, I don't get this NullPointerException anymore. If you don't use the SAP Cloud Business Application Tools, you can also uninstall this feature as a workaround.

Thanks,

Markus