Yeah, I just started to disable the strict mode and use InvalidReference- and ReferenceInsertingHandler. Let's see how this works out.
Thanks for your feedback guys! Am 07.12.2017 um 16:19 schrieb Alex Fedotov: > I am guessing that you can also install a reference insert handler in your > setup and handle null values there as needed. > > Alex > > > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Claude Brisson <cla...@renegat.net.invalid> > wrote: > >> I looked at the code, and, well, it looks like the strict mode is ... >> rather strict. Even quiet references will throw an exception if you try to >> access a property on a null object. >> >> The only thing you can do to circumvent the exception is wrapping the >> property use in #if() statements : >> >> #if($nullobj) $nullobj.someProp #end >> >> >> Claude >> >> >> >> On 06/12/2017 23:26, Veit Guna wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> I would like to setup Velocity so that invalid (=unknown) >>> properties/methods are throwing an exception, but null values shouldn't. >>> And that per default. >>> I know that I could use quiet references, but I would have to think >>> about everytime, whether it could be null or not. Or use it all the time, >>> which I would like to avoid - since I'm lazy :). >>> >>> I activated strict mode which fails on unknown properties/methods - >>> which is good. >>> >>> But it also fails on something like >>> >>> $valid.nullPropertyToObject.validproperty >>> >>> What I would like is, that it doesn't fail because of >>> nullPropertyToObject being null. >>> >>> My basic idea around this is, to spot real errors like unknown >>> properties during tests. >>> I don't really care about actual null values/references - these should >>> be rendered empty in case of null during runtime. >>> >>> In my tests I assert, that the rendering basically works (all >>> properties/methods exist) and values are properly filled. >>> But I don't want (ever) to fail only because one property is null during >>> runtime. >>> >>> Is this somehow possible? >>> >>> I just upgraded to 2.0 hoping that this is handled more flexible now. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Veit >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org