TeamPlatform.startup();

 		

 		if (!TeamPlatform.isStarted()){

 			System.out.println("Unable to start team platform");

 			System.exit(1);

 		}

		

 		System.out.println("team platform status [" + TeamPlatform.isStarted() + "]");

 		

 		try {

 			IProgressMonitor monitor = new NullProgressMonitor();

            ITeamRepository teamRepository = login(repositoryURI, monitor);

            System.out.println("\nlogged in to rtc connection...\n");

			run(teamRepository, monitor, assignee);

		} catch (TeamRepositoryException e) {

			System.out.println("Unable to login: " + e.getMessage());

			e.printStackTrace();

		} finally {

			System.out.println("\nshutting down rtc connection...");

			TeamPlatform.shutdown();

			System.exit(0);

		}





public static ITeamRepository login(String repositoryURI, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws TeamRepositoryException{

 		String adminUserId = "xxxxxx";

 		String adminPasswd = "xxxxxx";

 		

 		System.out.println("doing TeamPlatform.getTeamRepositoryService() ...");



                // next line is failing

 		ITeamRepository teamRepository = TeamPlatform.getTeamRepositoryService().getTeamRepository(repositoryURI);

 		System.out.println("done...");

 		

 		System.out.println("doing teamRepository.registerLoginHandler ...");

 		teamRepository.registerLoginHandler(new LoginHandler(adminUserId, adminPasswd));

 		System.out.println("done...");

 		

 		System.out.println("doing teamRepository.login(monitor) ...");

		teamRepository.login(monitor);

		System.out.println("done...");

		

 		return teamRepository;

 	}