jad

Why do some applications always generate such rubbish error messages. I am using eclipse for a project and it has just failed to start. The error on the screen was

That file contains this:

!SESSION 2008-07-08 08:34:44.307 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=I20080617-2000
java.version=1.5.0_13
java.vendor=Apple Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=macosx, ARCH=x86, WS=carbon, NL=en_US
Framework arguments: -keyring /Users/jad/.eclipse_keyring -showlocation
Command-line arguments: -os macosx -ws carbon -arch x86 -keyring /Users/jad/.eclipse_keyring -consoleLog -showlocation

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2008-07-08 08:34:45.312
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: No more handles
at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:3803)
at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:3695)
at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:3666)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.createOverlayWindow(Display.java:741)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.internal_new_GC(Display.java:2300)
at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC.(GC.java:149)
at org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC.(GC.java:115)
...

Why do I need all the junk? Why didn’t the message on the screen just say something like. “Sorry, the application failed to start. The reason was - No more handles.”. Even better, it could explain what a handle is and how to fix it or provide a link to a knowledge base.