Unable to locate value meta plugin of type (id)

用什么都会有坑啊，金遇到kettle的一个坑，错误提示如下

2017/10/17 15:46:09 - Spoon - 日志级别 : 调试
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - ERROR (version 6.1.0.1-196, build 1 from 2016-04-07 12.08.49 by buildguy) : Error starting Spoon shell
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - ERROR (version 6.1.0.1-196, build 1 from 2016-04-07 12.08.49 by buildguy) : java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create the database cache: 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - Couldn't read the database cache
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleFileException: 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - : Unable to read row metadata from input stream
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - Unable to locate value meta plugin of type (id) 131072
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2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - Unable to locate value meta plugin of type (id) 131072
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleFileException: 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - : Unable to read row metadata from input stream
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - Unable to locate value meta plugin of type (id) 131072
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - Unable to locate value meta plugin of type (id) 131072
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - 
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at org.pentaho.di.core.DBCache.getInstance(DBCache.java:247)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.loadSettings(Spoon.java:7225)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.init(Spoon.java:787)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.createContents(Spoon.java:9235)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.create(Window.java:426)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:785)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.start(Spoon.java:9266)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.main(Spoon.java:662)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
2017/10/17 15:46:10 - General - at org.pentaho.commons.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:92)
stopping
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=256m; support was removed in 8.0

解决方法：

To fix the issue, you need to delete the db.cache file.

On my Windows computer, it’s located under C:Userspatlaf.kettledb.cache-5.0.1-stable .

Then you can start Spoon again!

References:

• http://forums.pentaho.com/showthread.php?96065-Spoon-Unable-to-create-the-database-cache
• http://forums.pentaho.com/showthread.php?166068-Unable-to-create-the-database-cache

出自：http://www.patlaf.com/pentaho-spoon-java-lang-runtimeexception-unable-to-create-the-database-cache/