HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error


Type Exception Report

Message Request processing failed; nested exception is freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException: The following has evaluated to null or missing:

Description The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.

Exception

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException: The following has evaluated to null or missing:
==> pageData.content.postFormat  [in template "master-template/story/article-v3.ftl" at line 153, column 7]

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Tip: It's the step after the last dot that caused this error, not those before it.
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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</#if>. (These only cover the last step of the expression; to cover the whole expression, use parenthesis: (myOptionalVar.foo)!myDefault, (myOptionalVar.foo)??
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FTL stack trace ("~" means nesting-related):
	- Failed at: #if pageData.content.postFormat == "n...  [in template "master-template/story/article-v3.ftl" at line 153, column 2]
	- Reached through: #include "/master-template/story/arti...  [in template "sites/thinkadvisor/story/article.ftl" at line 58, column 5]
	- Reached through: #include FTL.getTemplateName("story/a...  [in template "master-template/story/router.ftl" at line 16, column 1]
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	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:982)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:861)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:655)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:846)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
	org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:197)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
	com.alm.accesscontrol.SingleSignOnFilter.doFilter(SingleSignOnFilter.java:342)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:262)
	net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:201)
	net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:178)

Root Cause

freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException: The following has evaluated to null or missing:
==> pageData.content.postFormat  [in template "master-template/story/article-v3.ftl" at line 153, column 7]

----
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</#if>. (These only cover the last step of the expression; to cover the whole expression, use parenthesis: (myOptionalVar.foo)!myDefault, (myOptionalVar.foo)??
----

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FTL stack trace ("~" means nesting-related):
	- Failed at: #if pageData.content.postFormat == "n...  [in template "master-template/story/article-v3.ftl" at line 153, column 2]
	- Reached through: #include "/master-template/story/arti...  [in template "sites/thinkadvisor/story/article.ftl" at line 58, column 5]
	- Reached through: #include FTL.getTemplateName("story/a...  [in template "master-template/story/router.ftl" at line 16, column 1]
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	freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException.getInstance(InvalidReferenceException.java:134)
	freemarker.core.EvalUtil.compare(EvalUtil.java:198)
	freemarker.core.EvalUtil.compare(EvalUtil.java:115)
	freemarker.core.ComparisonExpression.evalToBoolean(ComparisonExpression.java:78)
	freemarker.core.AndExpression.evalToBoolean(AndExpression.java:36)
	freemarker.core.ConditionalBlock.accept(ConditionalBlock.java:48)
	freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:347)
	freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:353)
	freemarker.core.Environment.include(Environment.java:2955)
	freemarker.core.Include.accept(Include.java:171)
	freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:347)
	freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:353)
	freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:353)
	freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:353)
	freemarker.core.Environment.include(Environment.java:2955)
	freemarker.core.Include.accept(Include.java:171)
	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)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerView.processTemplate(FreeMarkerView.java:367)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerView.doRender(FreeMarkerView.java:284)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerView.renderMergedTemplateModel(FreeMarkerView.java:234)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractTemplateView.renderMergedOutputModel(AbstractTemplateView.java:167)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:303)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1257)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1037)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:980)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:897)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:970)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:861)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:655)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:846)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:764)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
	org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:197)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
	com.alm.accesscontrol.SingleSignOnFilter.doFilter(SingleSignOnFilter.java:342)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:262)
	net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:201)
	net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:178)

Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.


Apache Tomcat/9.0.53