Re: [Webmacro-devel] #macro causing incorrect line numbers in errors?

[Eric B. R. <eb...@tc...>]

On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 11:51  AM, Marc Palmer wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 10:36:43 -0500, Eric B. Ridge <eb...@tc...> wrote:
>
>>> I am only now starting to use #macro (good work by the way)... but I 
>>> think that if your template experiences an error and you get the 
>>> exception showing line number and column in the template, this value 
>>> can be incorrect if you define/use macros in the template. I'm 
>>> certainly seeing this...
>>
>> Can you be more specific?  Got an example?
>
> OK. The template it's happening on is shown below. WM is reporting:
>
> 2003-04-03 02:42:48 WebMacro:servlet	WARNING	Ignition encountered an 
> error while executing a template:
> StreamTemplate:jndi:/localhost/ignition/WEB- 
> INF/templates/system/moduleHelp.wmt: org.webmacro.PropertyException: 
> Attempt to invoke method public static int 
> org.webmacro.servlet.ListUtil.size(java.util.List) on object 
> org.webmacro.servlet.ListUtil raised an exception: 
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> java.lang.NullPointerException at jndi:/localhost/ignition/WEB- 
> INF/templates/system/moduleHelp.wmt:29.7
>
> Here's the (work in progress) template... there is no call to 
> $List.size() anywhere near line 29. BUT there -is-a call to it on line 
> 29 of system/helpMacros.wmt - so it looks like it is the incorrect 
> filename being reported.

eww, yuck.  That sucks.

I'll fix it as I'm the one that likely brought the bug to life in the 
first place.  :(

eric

>
> #include as macro "system/helpMacros.wmt"
> #include "includes/header.wmt"
>
> #if (!$ignitionHelp.Module)
>  #set $mod = "default module"
> #else
>  #set $mod = "module $ignitionHelp.Module"
> #end
> <h1>Ignition Help for $mod</h1>
>
> <p>
> You can view help from the other modules:
> #foreach $moduleName in $ignitionHelp.ModuleNames
>  #if ($moduleName != $ignitionHelp.Module)
>    #set $action = $Ignition.newAction("ignitionHelp")
>    #set $action.Module = $moduleName
>    #set $modMenuName = $moduleName
>    #if ($moduleName == "")
>       #set $modMenuName = "DEFAULT"
>    #end
>    <a href="$Ignition.execute([$action])">$modMenuName</a>
>  #end
> #end
> </p>
>
> <h2>Help Sections</h2>
> <a href="_actions">Actions</a><br>
> <a href="_helpers">Helpers</a><br>
> ***** LINE 29 ****** <a href="_plugins">Plugins</a><br>
>
> <a name="_actions">
> #macro dumpActionInfo($title, $infoVar)
>
>     <h2>$title</h2>
>
>     <ul>
>     #foreach $action in $infoVar.Actions
>       <li><a href="#action_$action.Name">$action.Name</a>
>     #end
>     </ul>
>
>     #if ($List.size($infoVar.Actions) > 0)
>
>          <p>
>          Below is a list of the actions available from templates in 
> the $mod. To call these actions
>          you can insert the following into your templates:
>            #text
>          <pre>
>          #set $action = $Ignition.newAction( "actionNameHere")
>          #set $action.ParamNameHere = "ParamValueHere"
>          &lt;a href="$Ignition.execute([$action])"&gt;Link to 
> action&lt;/a&gt;
>          </pre>
>            #end
>          </p>
>
>       #foreach $action in $infoVar.Actions
>
>       <a name="action_$action.Name">
>
>          #dumpPluginInfo($action, true)
>
>          <div class="helpActionVarsDiv">
>
>               <h3>Variables placed into templates:</h3>
>
>               #dumpHelpVariables($action.Variables)
>          </div>
>
>        #end  ## Action loop
>
>     #else
>        There are no actions available in this module.
>     #end  ## count > 0
> #end ## Macro
>
> #dumpActionInfo( "Module Actions", $ignitionHelp.helpInfo)
>
> #if ($ignitionHelp.defaultHelpInfo != null)
>     #dumpActionInfo( "Default Actions", $ignitionHelp.defaultHelpInfo)
> #end
>
> <a name="_helpers">
> <h2>Helpers</h2>
>
> #set $count = 0
> #foreach $helper in $ignitionHelp.helpInfo.Helpers
>  #set $count = $count + 1
> #end
>
> #if ($count > 0)
>
> <p>
> The following helpers are available in your templates, for this 
> module. They can be accessed
> like this:
>  #text
> <pre>
> &lt;b&gt;The value is:&lt;b&gt; $HelperNameHere.PropertyNameHere
> $HelperNameHere.methodName("someParam")
> </pre>
>  #end
> </p>
>
>  #foreach $action in $ignitionHelp.helpInfo.Helpers
> <p>
> $action.Name -
> </p>
>  #end
>
> #else
>  There are no helpers in this module.
> #end
>
> <a name="_plugins">
> <h2>Plugins</h2>
>
> <h3>Pre-request plugins</h3>
> #dumpHelpPlugins( $ignitionHelper.helpInfo.PreRequestPlugins)
>
> <h3>Post-request plugins</h3>
> #dumpHelpPlugins( $ignitionHelper.helpInfo.PostRequestPlugins)
>
> <h3>Pre-Action plugins</h3>
> #dumpHelpPlugins( $ignitionHelper.helpInfo.PreActionPlugins)
>
> <h3>Post-Action plugins</h3>
> #dumpHelpPlugins( $ignitionHelper.helpInfo.PostActionPlugins)
>
> #include "includes/footer.wmt"
>
>
>
>
>
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