when-present<#else>when-missing. (These only cover the last step of the expression; to cover the whole expression, use parenthesis: (myOptionalVar.foo)!myDefault, (myOptionalVar.foo)?? ---- freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException: The following has evaluated to null or missing: ==> parameters.topHeaderImage.localeValues [in template "blog_page" at line 7, column 119] ---- Tip: It's the step after the last dot that caused this error, not those before it. ---- Tip: If the failing expression is known to legally refer to something that's sometimes null or missing, either specify a default value like myOptionalVar!myDefault, or use <#if myOptionalVar??>when-present<#else>when-missing. (These only cover the last step of the expression; to cover the whole expression, use parenthesis: (myOptionalVar.foo)!myDefault, (myOptionalVar.foo)?? ---- ---- FTL stack trace ("~" means nesting-related): - Failed at: ${parameters.topHeaderImage.localeVal... [in template "blog_page" at line 7, column 117] ---- freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException.getInstance(InvalidReferenceException.java:134) freemarker.core.EvalUtil.coerceModelToTextualCommon(EvalUtil.java:481) freemarker.core.EvalUtil.coerceModelToStringOrMarkup(EvalUtil.java:401) freemarker.core.EvalUtil.coerceModelToStringOrMarkup(EvalUtil.java:370) freemarker.core.DollarVariable.calculateInterpolatedStringOrMarkup(DollarVariable.java:100) freemarker.core.DollarVariable.accept(DollarVariable.java:63) freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:347) freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:353) freemarker.core.Environment.process(Environment.java:326) freemarker.template.Template.process(Template.java:383) com.knollenstein.apps.templates.KnFreeMarkerTemplateRenderer.renderTemplate(KnFreeMarkerTemplateRenderer.java:688) com.knollenstein.apps.templates.KnFreeMarkerTemplateRenderer.renderWebSitePage(KnFreeMarkerTemplateRenderer.java:408) 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org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext.proceed(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:173) org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.InterceptorStack.invoke(InterceptorStack.java:85) org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonContainer._invoke(SingletonContainer.java:256) org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonContainer.invoke(SingletonContainer.java:212) org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbObjectProxyHandler.synchronizedBusinessMethod(EjbObjectProxyHandler.java:317) org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbObjectProxyHandler.businessMethod(EjbObjectProxyHandler.java:312) org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbObjectProxyHandler._invoke(EjbObjectProxyHandler.java:92) org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.BaseEjbProxyHandler.invoke(BaseEjbProxyHandler.java:325) com.knollenstein.apps.templates.KnFreeMarkerTemplateRenderer$$LocalBeanProxy.renderWebSitePage(com/knollenstein/apps/templates/KnFreeMarkerTemplateRenderer.java) com.knollenstein.apps.servlets.KnWebSiteServlet.service(KnWebSiteServlet.java:701) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:731) org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303) org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.ProxiedFilterChain.doFilter(ProxiedFilterChain.java:61) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.executeChain(AdviceFilter.java:108) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.doFilterInternal(AdviceFilter.java:137) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:125) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.ProxiedFilterChain.doFilter(ProxiedFilterChain.java:66) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.executeChain(AdviceFilter.java:108) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AdviceFilter.doFilterInternal(AdviceFilter.java:137) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:125) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.ProxiedFilterChain.doFilter(ProxiedFilterChain.java:66) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AbstractShiroFilter.executeChain(AbstractShiroFilter.java:449) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AbstractShiroFilter$1.call(AbstractShiroFilter.java:365) org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectCallable.doCall(SubjectCallable.java:90) org.apache.shiro.subject.support.SubjectCallable.call(SubjectCallable.java:83) org.apache.shiro.subject.support.DelegatingSubject.execute(DelegatingSubject.java:383) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.AbstractShiroFilter.doFilterInternal(AbstractShiroFilter.java:362) org.apache.shiro.web.servlet.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:125) org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241) org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208) org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:219) org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:110) org.apache.tomee.catalina.OpenEJBValve.invoke(OpenEJBValve.java:44) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:615) org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:169) org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103) org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:962) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn.invoke(SingleSignOn.java:270) org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116) org.apache.catalina.ha.session.JvmRouteBinderValve.invoke(JvmRouteBinderValve.java:218) org.apache.catalina.ha.tcp.ReplicationValve.invoke(ReplicationValve.java:333) org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:445) org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1115) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:637) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketWithOptionsProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:2486) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)