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    <p>Our team has been experiencing a recurring problem with velocity templates. Upon rendering, some throw a RuntimeException with the message "Template.merge() failure - Unable to render Velocity Template, '/template.vm'". We have not been able to reproduce the problem and the documentation on the web is pretty insufficient. The problem is not consistently reproducible - the same templates whose rendering sometimes causes the error also manage to display without problems at other times. The Template class <a href="http://www.docjar.com/docs/api/org/apache/velocity/Template.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source code</a> is also of little help. Thank you in advance.</p> <hr> <p>Edit: Based on Nathan Bubna's response I need to clarify that we are using Velocity version 1.4.</p> <hr> <p>Edit: Since it was pointed out that a stack trace would be beneficial, here it is:</p> <p>2008-09-15 11:07:57,336 ERROR velocity - Template.merge() failure. The document is null, most likely due to parsing error. 2008-09-15 11:07:57,336 ERROR VelocityResult - Unable to render Velocity Template, '/search/[template-redacted].vm' java.lang.Exception: Template.merge() failure. The document is null, most likely due to parsing error. at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:277) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.VelocityResult.doExecute(VelocityResult.java:91) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.WebWorkResultSupport.execute(WebWorkResultSupport.java:109) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.executeResult(DefaultActionInvocation.java:258) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:182) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164) at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:116) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ServletDispatcher.java:272) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:237) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:39) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.nanocontainer.nanowar.webwork2.PicoObjectFactoryFilter.doFilter(PicoObjectFactoryFilter.java:46) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.nanocontainer.nanowar.ServletRequestContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletRequestContainerFilter.java:44) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at com.bostoncapital.stuyvesant.RememberUserNameFilter.doFilter(RememberUserNameFilter.java:30) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:482) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:526) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:825) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:738) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:526) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)</p>
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