This exception is sporadically logged in our test suite where we open and close the Java code editor in rapid succession.
Exception in thread "org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.JavaReconciler" java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore.getBoolean(String)" because "this.store" is null
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.texteditor.codemining.ZeroWidthCharactersLineContentCodeMiningProvider.readShowZwspFromStore(ZeroWidthCharactersLineContentCodeMiningProvider.java:114)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.texteditor.codemining.ZeroWidthCharactersLineContentCodeMiningProvider.loadStoreAndReadProperty(ZeroWidthCharactersLineContentCodeMiningProvider.java:105)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.texteditor.codemining.ZeroWidthCharactersLineContentCodeMiningProvider.provideCodeMinings(ZeroWidthCharactersLineContentCodeMiningProvider.java:60)
at org.eclipse.jface.internal.text.codemining.CodeMiningManager.lambda$3(CodeMiningManager.java:203)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:214)
at java.base/java.util.Spliterators$ArraySpliterator.forEachRemaining(Spliterators.java:1024)
at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:570)
at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:560)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:921)
at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:265)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:723)
at org.eclipse.jface.internal.text.codemining.CodeMiningManager.getCodeMinings(CodeMiningManager.java:209)
at org.eclipse.jface.internal.text.codemining.CodeMiningManager.updateCodeMinings(CodeMiningManager.java:150)
at org.eclipse.jface.internal.text.codemining.CodeMiningManager.run(CodeMiningManager.java:139)
at org.eclipse.jface.text.source.SourceViewer.updateCodeMinings(SourceViewer.java:1378)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.JavaCodeMiningReconciler.reconciled(JavaCodeMiningReconciler.java:57)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.CompilationUnitEditor.reconciled(CompilationUnitEditor.java:1676)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.JavaReconcilingStrategy.reconciled(JavaReconcilingStrategy.java:228)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.JavaCompositeReconcilingStrategy.reconciled(JavaCompositeReconcilingStrategy.java:171)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.JavaCompositeReconcilingStrategy.reconcile(JavaCompositeReconcilingStrategy.java:115)
at org.eclipse.jface.text.reconciler.MonoReconciler.process(MonoReconciler.java:77)
at org.eclipse.jface.text.reconciler.AbstractReconciler$BackgroundWorker.run(AbstractReconciler.java:203)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1474)
As far as I can tell, the store can only be null when the code-mining provider has been disposed. The provider is usually disposed in the UI thread. But at that point, there might still be a pending request, which then operates on an invalid provider.

This exception is sporadically logged in our test suite where we open and close the Java code editor in rapid succession.
As far as I can tell, the
storecan only benullwhen the code-mining provider has been disposed. The provider is usually disposed in the UI thread. But at that point, there might still be a pending request, which then operates on an invalid provider.