Issue #1832: ObjectDB BIRT Driver Update

The ObjectDB BIRT/ODA driver is an extension of the open source Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) that adds support of ObjectDB as a data source and JPQL as a data set query language.

In the current implementation ObjectDB is embedded in the driver. Any 2.x version of the driver can work against any ObjectDB 2.x database file in embedded mode, since the database file format is fixed for all 2.x versions.

However, since the client-server protocol is occasionally being updated, there should be a match between the ObjectDB BIRT client-server protocol version and an ObjectDB database server protocol version, when using BIRT in client-server mode. A "Mismatch client-server protocol version (same ObjectDB jar should be used for both client and server)" exception is thrown if there is no match.

There is a report of an exception on attempt to update the ObjectDB BIRT plugin in an existing Eclipse workspace, in which an older version of the driver was installed (even after uninstallation of the old version). The reason for this is unclear and the workaround is to use a new Eclipse workspace.

In future versions the ObjectDB BIRT driver may be changed so that ObjectDB will not be embedded in it. This will enable further flexibility in using the driver with different ObjectDB server versions, and maybe also help with updating the plugin in an existing Eclipse workspace. 

I don't know if this will help, but I switched workspaces and tried to create a new report.  This created an error in the Error Log.  I've captured the error log output here.  I confirmed that the directory C:\Users\kwhittin\new_workspace_birt\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.sampledb\db\

is empty...

Log dump:

eclipse.buildId=4.5.2.M20160212-1500
java.version=1.7.0_76
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Framework arguments:  -product org.eclipse.epp.package.reporting.product
Command-line arguments:  -data C:\Users\kwhittin\new_workspace_birt -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.reporting.product

org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.sampledb
Error
Thu Sep 01 12:49:04 EDT 2016
C:\Users\kwhittin\new_workspace_birt\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.sampledb\db\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF (The system cannot find the path specified)

java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\kwhittin\new_workspace_birt\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.sampledb\db\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF (The system cannot find the path specified)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.sampledb.internal.impl.SampleDbFactory.initSampleDb(SampleDbFactory.java:187)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.dbprofile.sampledb.internal.impl.SampleDbFactory.setInitializationData(SampleDbFactory.java:88)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:251)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.InternalProfileManager.initializeLocalDatabase(InternalProfileManager.java:1380)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.InternalProfileManager.loadLocalRegisteredDatabases(InternalProfileManager.java:1360)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.InternalProfileManager.loadProfiles(InternalProfileManager.java:1070)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.InternalProfileManager.getProfiles(InternalProfileManager.java:150)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.InternalProfileManager.saveChanges(InternalProfileManager.java:1018)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.VersionProviderConnection.updateVersionCache(VersionProviderConnection.java:91)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.profile.OdaConnectionWrapper.<init>(OdaConnectionWrapper.java:85)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.profile.OdaConnectionFactory.createConnection(OdaConnectionFactory.java:26)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionFactoryProvider.createConnection(ConnectionFactoryProvider.java:83)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionProfile.createConnection(ConnectionProfile.java:359)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.PingJob.createTestConnection(PingJob.java:76)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.design.internal.ui.DataSourceEditorPageCore$1.run(DataSourceEditorPageCore.java:629)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.wizards.ProfileDetailsPropertyPage.testConnection(ProfileDetailsPropertyPage.java:98)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.wizards.ProfileDetailsPropertyPage$1.widgetSelected(ProfileDetailsPropertyPage.java:80)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:248)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4362)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1113)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4180)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3769)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:827)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:803)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui.dialogs.BaseDialog.open(BaseDialog.java:117)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.data.ui.providers.EditableDataSourceNodeProvider.performEdit(EditableDataSourceNodeProvider.java:73)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.DefaultNodeProvider.performRequest(DefaultNodeProvider.java:472)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.actions.EditAction.doAction(EditAction.java:85)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.actions.AbstractElementAction.run(AbstractElementAction.java:70)
at org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.internal.ui.views.RenameListener.doubleClick(RenameListener.java:214)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$1.run(StructuredViewer.java:832)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:50)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:173)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer.fireDoubleClick(StructuredViewer.java:829)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer.handleDoubleSelect(AbstractTreeViewer.java:1470)
at org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer$4.widgetDefaultSelected(StructuredViewer.java:1263)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.fireDefaultSelectionEvent(OpenStrategy.java:252)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy.access$0(OpenStrategy.java:249)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.OpenStrategy$1.handleEvent(OpenStrategy.java:311)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4362)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1113)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4180)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3769)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$4.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1127)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:337)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1018)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:156)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:694)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:337)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:606)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:139)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:380)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:235)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:669)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:608)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1515)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1488)

This stack trace doesn't mention ObjectDB at all.

Could it be something that is related to BIRT / Eclipse, but not to ObjectDB?