topic Nodes object available in FreeMarker Template in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/nodes-object-available-in-freemarker-template/m-p/151466#M106219 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Question: Is there an issue working with node objects in FTL? I am using Alfresco Community 2.1.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My scenario is as follows:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Step 1:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>In the JS file of the Web Script I do a lucene search to return a list of nodes.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>var nodes = search.luceneSearch(searchstring); </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Step 2: </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I set a property in model called docnodes with the nodes</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>model.docnodes = nodes;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Step 3:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>In the ftl file i try and access the docnodes object and it throws an error (see below for error details)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;html&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>${docnodes.length}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;/html&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I know that nodes is not null. I even set the number of nodes directly</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>model.no_nodes = nodes.length;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>and was able to retrieve in the ftl file. in the JS file I am able to loop through the node using a 'for each' and see the node name, id etc etc. so I know that I have valid nodes.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help appreciated,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>ERROR DETAILS</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The Web Script /alfresco/service/cdi/Search has responded with a status of 500 - Internal Error.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>500 Description:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An error inside the HTTP server which prevented it from fulfilling the request.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Message:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Error during processing of the template 'Expected hash. docnodes evaluated instead to freemarker.template.SimpleSequence on line 6, column 3 in com/cdi/Search.get.html.ftl.'. Please contact your system administrator.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Exception:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.template.TemplateException - Expected hash. docnodes evaluated instead to freemarker.template.SimpleSequence on line 6, column 3 in com/cdi/Search.get.html.ftl.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.core.TemplateObject.invalidTypeException(TemplateObject.java:135)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.core.Dot._getAsTemplateModel(Dot.java:78)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.core.Expression.getAsTemplateModel(Expression.java:89)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.core.Expression.getStringValue(Expression.java:93)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.core.DollarVariable.accept(DollarVariable.java:76)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:196)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:196)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.core.Environment.process(Environment.java:176)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;freemarker.template.Template.process(Template.java:232)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:200)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.scripts.AbstractWebScript.renderTemplate(AbstractWebScript.java:329)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeWebScript.renderFormatTemplate(DeclarativeWebScript.java:232)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeWebScript.execute(DeclarativeWebScript.java:158)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptRuntime.wrappedExecute(WebScriptRuntime.java:342)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptRuntime.authenticatedExecute(WebScriptRuntime.java:308)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptRuntime$1.execute(WebScriptRuntime.java:163)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:225)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.doInTransaction(RetryingTransactionHelper.java:155)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptRuntime.executeScript(WebScriptRuntime.java:174)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptServlet.service(WebScriptServlet.java:109)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:870)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:685)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Exception:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.TemplateException - Error during processing of the template 'Expected hash. docnodes evaluated instead to freemarker.template.SimpleSequence on line 6, column 3 in com/cdi/Search.get.html.ftl.'. Please contact your system administrator.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:204)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Server:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alfresco Community Network v2.1.0 (482) schema 64</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Time:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Feb 7, 2008 12:37:17 PM</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Diagnostics:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inspect Web Script (com/cdi/Search.get)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:45:22 GMT eg 2008-02-07T20:45:22Z Nodes object available in FreeMarker Template https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/nodes-object-available-in-freemarker-template/m-p/151466#M106219 Question: Is there an issue working with node objects in FTL? I am using Alfresco Community 2.1.My scenario is as follows<IMG id="smileyfrustrated" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyfrustrated" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-frustrated.png" alt="Smiley Frustrated" title="Smiley Frustrated" />tep 1:In the JS file of the Web Script I do a lucene search to return a list of nodes.var nodes = search.luceneSearch(searchstring); Step 2: I set a property in model called doc Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:45:22 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/nodes-object-available-in-freemarker-template/m-p/151466#M106219 eg 2008-02-07T20:45:22Z Re: Nodes object available in FreeMarker Template https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/nodes-object-available-in-freemarker-template/m-p/151467#M106220 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Freemarker syntax is different to that of Javascript. Please see the </SPAN><A href="http://freemarker.org/docs/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Freemarker documentation</A><SPAN> for details.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In your case, using</SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>${docnodes?size}<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN> should achieve the desired result.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mike</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:30:43 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/nodes-object-available-in-freemarker-template/m-p/151467#M106220 mikeh 2008-02-07T22:30:43Z