Description
Right now:
org.apache.velocity.exception.MethodInvocationException: Invocation of method 'displayDocument' in class com.xpn.xwiki.api.Document threw exception java.lang.RuntimeException: One or several transformations failed to execute properly. See the logs for details. at /skins/flamingo/view.vm[line 41, column 36] at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.handleInvocationException(ASTMethod.java:306) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:233) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:369) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:701) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTExpression.value(ASTExpression.java:72) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTSetDirective.render(ASTSetDirective.java:240) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:144) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:423) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:191) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:144) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.directive.TryCatchDirective.render(TryCatchDirective.java:86) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:301) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:423) at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:358) at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:262) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:284) at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:316) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.VelocityTemplateEvaluator.evaluateContent(VelocityTemplateEvaluator.java:95) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.evaluateContent(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:217) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.renderVelocity(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:180) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:137) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:53) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.lambda$syncRender$0(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.syncRender(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:250) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.java:154) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:772) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:745) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:725) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:711) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:78) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2506) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:2484) at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:983) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4397.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:565) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:548) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:219) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:369) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:490) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:144) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:215) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:328) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:258) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:301) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:423) at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:358) at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:262) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:284) at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:316) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.VelocityTemplateEvaluator.evaluateContent(VelocityTemplateEvaluator.java:95) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.evaluateContent(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:217) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.renderVelocity(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:180) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:137) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:53) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.lambda$syncRender$0(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.syncRender(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:250) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.java:154) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:772) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:745) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:725) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:711) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:78) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2506) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:2484) at com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseTemplate(XWiki.java:983) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4397.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:565) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:548) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:219) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:369) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:490) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:144) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:215) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:328) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:258) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:301) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:144) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:172) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:144) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:423) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:191) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:423) at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:358) at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:262) at org.xwiki.velocity.internal.DefaultVelocityEngine.evaluate(DefaultVelocityEngine.java:284) at com.xpn.xwiki.render.DefaultVelocityManager.evaluate(DefaultVelocityManager.java:316) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.VelocityTemplateEvaluator.evaluateContent(VelocityTemplateEvaluator.java:95) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.evaluateContent(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:217) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.renderVelocity(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:180) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:137) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.TemplateAsyncRenderer.render(TemplateAsyncRenderer.java:53) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.lambda$syncRender$0(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.security.authorization.DefaultAuthorExecutor.call(DefaultAuthorExecutor.java:98) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.syncRender(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:267) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:250) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.java:154) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:772) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:745) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.renderFromSkin(InternalTemplateManager.java:725) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.InternalTemplateManager.render(InternalTemplateManager.java:711) at com.xpn.xwiki.internal.template.DefaultTemplateManager.render(DefaultTemplateManager.java:78) at com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.evaluateTemplate(XWiki.java:2506) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.Utils.parseTemplate(Utils.java:179) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:576) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.XWikiAction.execute(XWikiAction.java:250) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:425) at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:228) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1913) at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:449) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:626) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:733) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at com.xpn.xwiki.web.ActionFilter.doFilter(ActionFilter.java:122) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.xwiki.wysiwyg.filter.ConversionFilter.doFilter(ConversionFilter.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetHTTPHeaderFilter.doFilter(SetHTTPHeaderFilter.java:63) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SavedRequestRestorerFilter.doFilter(SavedRequestRestorerFilter.java:208) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.xwiki.container.servlet.filters.internal.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:111) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.xwiki.resource.servlet.RoutingFilter.doFilter(RoutingFilter.java:132) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:237) at net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:214) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:199) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:543) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:143) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:690) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:616) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:818) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1626) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: One or several transformations failed to execute properly. See the logs for details. at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:71) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:43) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DefaultDocumentDisplayer.display(DefaultDocumentDisplayer.java:96) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DefaultDocumentDisplayer.display(DefaultDocumentDisplayer.java:39) at org.xwiki.sheet.internal.SheetDocumentDisplayer.display(SheetDocumentDisplayer.java:123) at org.xwiki.sheet.internal.SheetDocumentDisplayer.display(SheetDocumentDisplayer.java:52) at org.xwiki.display.internal.ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.display(ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.java:68) at org.xwiki.display.internal.ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.display(ConfiguredDocumentDisplayer.java:42) at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.display(XWikiDocument.java:1215) at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.getRenderedContent(XWikiDocument.java:1356) at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.displayDocument(XWikiDocument.java:1305) at com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument.displayDocument(XWikiDocument.java:1272) at com.xpn.xwiki.api.Document.displayDocument(Document.java:786) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor4680.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:565) at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:548) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:219) ... 158 more Caused by: org.xwiki.rendering.transformation.TransformationException: One or several transformations failed to execute properly. See the logs for details. at org.xwiki.rendering.internal.transformation.DefaultTransformationManager.performTransformations(DefaultTransformationManager.java:109) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentAsyncExecutor.executeInCurrentExecutionContext(DocumentContentAsyncExecutor.java:348) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentAsyncExecutor.execute(DocumentContentAsyncExecutor.java:221) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentAsyncRenderer.execute(DocumentContentAsyncRenderer.java:107) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.AbstractBlockAsyncRenderer.render(AbstractBlockAsyncRenderer.java:157) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.AbstractBlockAsyncRenderer.render(AbstractBlockAsyncRenderer.java:54) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.syncRender(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:273) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.render(DefaultAsyncRendererExecutor.java:250) at org.xwiki.rendering.async.internal.block.DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.execute(DefaultBlockAsyncRendererExecutor.java:125) at org.xwiki.display.internal.DocumentContentDisplayer.display(DocumentContentDisplayer.java:67) ... 176 more
It has 2 problems:
1) It's not possible to know the problem just by looking at the exception and thus it's not very convenient
2) Even if the caller catches the exception, the failing tx stack trace is still logged which isn't nice