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  • Sean Dooley 288 posts 527 karma points
    May 19, 2020 @ 10:41
    Sean Dooley
    1

    Nested Content | Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

    Using Umbraco And Getting Started
    Umbraco 8

    I've created the following Nested Content Data Type

    • Document Types Selected 1 Document Type
    • Min Items [blank]
    • Max Items [blank]

    When using it on a page, the editor could leave it blank, add one or multiple items.

    Using the following line, I always get Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

    var items = node.Value<IEnumerable<IPublishedElement>>("items");

    Any ideas?

    Umbraco 8.5.4

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 6132 posts 23951 karma points MVP 7x admin c-trib
    May 19, 2020 @ 10:53
    Alex Skrypnyk
    0

    Hi Sean,

    can you add a check that the node has a value in "items" property, like this:

    if(node.HasValue("items"))
{
var items = node.Value<IEnumerable<IPublishedElement>>("items");
}

    Another case is that you need to handle nested content differently when only one item selected :

    if(node.HasValue("items"))
{
var onlyOneItemSelected= node.Value<IPublishedElement>("items");
}

    Thanks,

    Alex

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  • Sean Dooley 288 posts 527 karma points
    May 19, 2020 @ 14:08
    Sean Dooley
    0

    Thanks @Alex, adding .HasValue hasn't made any difference.

    In this scenario, the property could have 0, 1 or more items selected. With that in mind, I tried the following but was still getting the same error.

    var list = new List<IPublishedElement>();
if(node.HasValue("items))
{
  // Try get to multiple items
  try
  {
    var items = node.Value<IEnumerable<IPublishedElement>>("items");
    if(items != null)
    {
      list.AddRange(items);
    }
  }
  catch(Exception exception)
  {
    // If error is thrown getting multiple items, try getting single item
    var item = node.Value<IPublishedElement>("items");
    if(item != null)
    {
      list.Add(item);
    }
  }
}

    I've managed to make some progress with the following tests

    Nested Content | Single Document Type | Single item mode

    Populated with one item, node.Value<IPublishedElement> works as expected.

    Nested Content | Multiple Document Types | Multiple Item mode

    Populated with one or more items, node.Value<IEnumerable<IPublishedElement>> works as expected.

    Nested Content | Single Document Type | Multiple Item mode

    Popuated with one or more items, both node.Value<IPublishedElement> and node.Value<IEnumerable<IPublishedElement>> return Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

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  • Guido Adam 21 posts 65 karma points
    Jan 26, 2021 @ 19:57
    Guido Adam
    1

    When not using modelbuilder this can be a pain. It seems that adding a second (dummy) element to your nested content config, fixes this.

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