25/03/2004
Getting rid of the dreaded o.e.c.i.r.AssertionFailedException
It you have ever written even the smallest standalone app using SWT and Jface library, then you must know (and hate!) org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.AssertionFailedException. This exception has the very bad habit of substituting the initial one without keeping any trace of it. The official explanation is the following :
“Jface is not guaranteed to work in standalone mode. [...]