Records Management Module errors

[jzulu2000]

Hi

When creating records inside a "file plan" folder, the record_template.ftl is assigned to this new "record space"; if the type of record I create is a space, when navigating to the newly created "record space" the template fails in visualizing it.

The message in web console is "Error during processing of the template 'null'. Please contact your system administrator."
The stack trace is as follows: (messages are displayed in spanish, but it should help figure it out what the problem is)

14:11:12,796 ERROR [ui.common.Utils] Se ha producido un Error al procesar la plantilla 'null'. Por favor contacte con el administrador del sistema.
org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.TemplateException: Se ha producido un Error al procesar la plantilla 'null'. Por favor contacte con el administrador del sistema.
   at org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:204)
   at org.alfresco.repo.processor.TemplateServiceImpl.processTemplate(TemplateServiceImpl.java:177)
   at org.alfresco.repo.processor.TemplateServiceImpl.processTemplate(TemplateServiceImpl.java:107)
   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor646.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:281)
   at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:187)
   at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:154)
   at org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions.impl.AlwaysProceedMethodInterceptor.invoke(AlwaysProceedMethodInterceptor.java:40)
   at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:176)
   at org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions.impl.ExceptionTranslatorMethodInterceptor.invoke(ExceptionTranslatorMethodInterceptor.java:49)
   at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:176)
   at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditComponentImpl.auditImpl(AuditComponentImpl.java:256)
   at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditComponentImpl.audit(AuditComponentImpl.java:191)
   at org.alfresco.repo.audit.AuditMethodInterceptor.invoke(AuditMethodInterceptor.java:69)
   at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:176)
   at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:107)
   at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:176)
   at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:210)
   at $Proxy94.processTemplate(Unknown Source)
   at org.alfresco.web.ui.repo.component.template.UITemplate.encodeBegin(UITemplate.java:157)
   at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.encodeBegin(UIComponentTag.java:467)
   at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.doStartTag(UIComponentTag.java:320)
   at org.apache.jsp.jsp.browse.browse_jsp._jspx_meth_r_005ftemplate_005f0(browse_jsp.java:2163)
   at org.apache.jsp.jsp.browse.browse_jsp._jspx_meth_a_005fpanel_005f3(browse_jsp.java:2117)
   at org.apache.jsp.jsp.browse.browse_jsp._jspService(browse_jsp.java:814)
   at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
   at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:328)
   at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:315)
   at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:691)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:469)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:403)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
   at org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:419)
   at org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl.renderView(JspViewHandlerImpl.java:211)
   at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(RenderResponseExecutor.java:41)
   at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:132)
   at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:140)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
   at org.alfresco.web.app.servlet.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:81)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:210)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
   at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
   at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:151)
   at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:870)
   at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:685)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at org.alfresco.repo.template.HasAspectMethod.exec(HasAspectMethod.java:70)
   at freemarker.core.MethodCall._getAsTemplateModel(MethodCall.java:93)
   at freemarker.core.Expression.getAsTemplateModel(Expression.java:89)
   at freemarker.core.ComparisonExpression.isTrue(ComparisonExpression.java:111)
   at freemarker.core.IfBlock.accept(IfBlock.java:80)
   at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:196)
   at freemarker.core.MixedContent.accept(MixedContent.java:92)
   at freemarker.core.Environment.visit(Environment.java:196)
   at freemarker.core.Environment.process(Environment.java:176)
   at freemarker.template.Template.process(Template.java:232)
   at org.alfresco.repo.template.FreeMarkerProcessor.process(FreeMarkerProcessor.java:200)
   … 60 more
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[jzulu2000]

After taking a deeper look at this, I've found that this is because the record_template.ftl file is always expecting a document as a record, but in this case its called from a space; this could be solved modifying the record_template.ftl file, adding the following validation at the begining:

<#if !document?exists>
    <#assign document=space>
</#if>
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when the "document" variable doesn't exists, "space" variable is assined to it.

See https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/RM-73

Juan David Zuluaga