Bug in TopLink Workbench

Question

Hi,
I'm testing TopLink, my 1st step is running Workbench, but after I define the database and save project, the exception exception below always occur, with Workbench
and I can't do anything,
Plataform is:
Linux kernel 2.4.18
SUN J2SDK 1.4.1_01
java.lang.NullPointerException
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.persistence.BldrDatabasePlatformPersistenceTools.loadPlatformNamesFromFileNames(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.persistence.BldrDatabasePlatformPersistenceTools.initialize(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.persistence.BldrDatabasePlatformPersistenceTools.<init>(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.persistence.BldrDatabasePlatformPersistenceTools.instance(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.model.db.BldrDatabase.getPlatform(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.ui.BldrProjectPropertiesSequencingPage.updateSequenceNativeChoice(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.ui.BldrProjectPropertiesSequencingPage.populatePage(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.ui.BldrProjectPropertiesPanel.populate(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.ui.tree.BldrProjectNode.populate(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.ui.BldrMainView.maintainPropertiesPanel(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.ui.BldrMainView.access$100(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.toplink.workbench.ui.BldrMainView$TreeSelectionHandler.valueChanged(Unknown Source)
     at javax.swing.JTree.fireValueChanged(JTree.java:2406)
     at javax.swing.JTree$TreeSelectionRedirector.valueChanged(JTree.java:2777)
     at javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(DefaultTreeSelectionModel.java:629)
     at javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeSelectionModel.notifyPathChange(DefaultTreeSelectionModel.java:1076)
     at javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeSelectionModel.setSelectionPaths(DefaultTreeSelectionModel.java:287)
     at javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeSelectionModel.setSelectionPath(DefaultTreeSelectionModel.java:170)
     at javax.swing.JTree.setSelectionPath(JTree.java:1181)
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI.selectPathForEvent(BasicTreeUI.java:2192)
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$MouseHandler.handleSelection(BasicTreeUI.java:2840)
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$MouseHandler.mousePressed(BasicTreeUI.java:2801)
     at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:218)
     at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(AWTEventMulticaster.java:217)
     at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:5090)
     at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:4890)
     at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1566)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3598)
     at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1623)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3439)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:3450)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3162)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3095)
     at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1609)
     at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1585)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3439)
     at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:450)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:197)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:144)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:136)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:99)

Answer 1

I found the problem
The steps to simulate are ,
1) open a Konsole of KDE.
2) type sh workbench.sh.
3) create the project, save and close workbench.
4) retype sh workbench.sh.
now all clicks throw the exception,
then if you don't reopen workbench, all works, or open it in another Konsole.