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Java Intro to Java Web Development with Spark Bells and Whistles Template Reuse and Static Resources

Jasper Peijer
Jasper Peijer
45,009 Points
Posted by Jasper Peijer
Jasper Peijer
45,009 Points

IllegalArgumentException when trying to load the page

Once I included blocks and partials with the templating and tried to load the page it showed 500 Internal Server Error and "Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: found 'null', expected 'partial's name'" in the console.

My code:

index.hbs

{{#partial "content"}}
    {{#if username }}
        <h1>Welcome {{ username }}</h1>
    {{ else }}
        <h1>Welcome Students!</h1>

        <form action="/sign-in" method="post">
            <input type="text" placeholder="What's your username?" name="username" />
            <button>Sign In</button>
        </form>
    {{/if}}
{{/partial}}

{{> base.hbs}}

base.hbs

{{#block "header"}}
    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <title>{{#block title}}Welcome to Course Ideas{{/block}}</title>
    </head>
    <body>
{{/block}}

{{#block "content"}}{{/block}}

{{#block "footer"}}
</body>
</html>
{{/block}}

1 Answer

saykin
saykin
9,835 Points
saykin
saykin
9,835 Points

Line 6 in base.hbs is missing double quotes on title.

Jasper Peijer
Jasper Peijer
45,009 Points
Jasper Peijer
Jasper Peijer
45,009 Points

Thanks I was almost sure it was going to be something stupid that I missed.