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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Known issue - NullPointerException is thrown with SoyTofuException for frontend.taglib.chart - spline chart

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Thanga Meena

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Issue

  • With dxp FP 15 in Liferay DXP 7.1, the chart functionality is not working. After deploying the module, the NullPointerException is getting thrown with the SoyTofuException as below.
2020-01-29 06:29:51.273 ERROR [http-nio-7080-exec-9][render_portlet_jsp:131] null
com.google.template.soy.tofu.SoyTofuException: Attempting to render undefined template 'ClayAreaSplineChart.render'.
  • Steps to replicate the behavior:

    • DXP 7.1 FP15 instance:

      • Create a sample MVC module with spline chart functionality
      • Update the taglib dependency "com.liferay.frontend.taglib" based on the version of the updated fix pack in the sample MVC module
      • Deploy the created module 
      • Observed behavior: The reported error is getting thrown and portlet is temporarily unavailable.

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.1 FP15+

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