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I am using spring boot and I have created following custom Error Controller to handle errors:

@Controller
public class AppErrorController implements ErrorController {

    private static final String PATH = "/error";

    @RequestMapping(value = "/pageNotFound", method = { RequestMethod.GET, RequestMethod.POST })
    public String pageNotFound() {
        return "pageNotFound";
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "/accessDenied", method = { RequestMethod.GET, RequestMethod.POST })
    public String accessDenied() {
        return "accessDenied";
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = PATH)
    public String error() {
        return "error";
    }

    @Override
    public String getErrorPath() {
        return PATH;
    }
}

When I get an error in the application, it should redirect to custom error pages. Instead I get the following error in the logs and even the error page don't show up:

2016-03-09 09:43:21.224 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /error
2016-03-09 09:43:21.224 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Returning handler method [public java.lang.String com.sts.app.core.common.web.AppErrorController.error()]
2016-03-09 09:43:21.224 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.b.f.s.DefaultListableBeanFactory     : Returning cached instance of singleton bean 'appErrorController'
2016-03-09 09:43:21.225 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet        : Last-Modified value for [/gen/error] is: -1
2016-03-09 09:43:21.225 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.j.s.OpenEntityManagerInViewInterceptor : Opening JPA EntityManager in OpenEntityManagerInViewInterceptor
2016-03-09 09:43:21.227 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.b.f.s.DefaultListableBeanFactory     : Returning cached instance of singleton bean 'error'
2016-03-09 09:43:21.227 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet        : Rendering view [org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration$SpelView@5efe80ee] in DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcherServlet'
2016-03-09 09:43:21.235 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet        : Error rendering view [org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration$SpelView@5efe80ee] in DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcherServlet'

org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelEvaluationException: EL1008E:(pos 0): Property or field 'timestamp' cannot be found on object of type 'java.util.HashMap' - maybe not public?
    at org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.PropertyOrFieldReference.readProperty(PropertyOrFieldReference.java:224) ~[spring-expression-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.PropertyOrFieldReference.getValueInternal(PropertyOrFieldReference.java:94) ~[spring-expression-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.PropertyOrFieldReference.getValueInternal(PropertyOrFieldReference.java:81) ~[spring-expression-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.expression.spel.ast.SpelNodeImpl.getValue(SpelNodeImpl.java:120) ~[spring-expression-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpression.getValue(SpelExpression.java:242) ~[spring-expression-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration$ExpressionResolver.resolvePlaceholder(ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration.java:245) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.NonRecursivePropertyPlaceholderHelper$NonRecursivePlaceholderResolver.resolvePlaceholder(NonRecursivePropertyPlaceholderHelper.java:56) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.util.PropertyPlaceholderHelper.parseStringValue(PropertyPlaceholderHelper.java:147) ~[spring-core-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.NonRecursivePropertyPlaceholderHelper.parseStringValue(NonRecursivePropertyPlaceholderHelper.java:38) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.util.PropertyPlaceholderHelper.replacePlaceholders(PropertyPlaceholderHelper.java:126) ~[spring-core-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration$SpelView.render(ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration.java:194) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1243) [spring-webmvc-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1027) [spring-webmvc-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:971) [spring-webmvc-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:893) [spring-webmvc-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:969) [spring-webmvc-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:860) [spring-webmvc-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:622) [servlet-api.jar:na]
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:845) [spring-webmvc-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729) [servlet-api.jar:na]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:291) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) [tomcat-websocket.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:316) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:115) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:90) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:114) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:69) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:111) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:169) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:48) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.session.ConcurrentSessionFilter.doFilter(ConcurrentSessionFilter.java:133) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:205) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:120) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:91) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:330) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:213) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:176) [spring-security-web-4.0.3.RELEASE.jar:4.0.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:262) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:99) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:101) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.web.ErrorPageFilter.doFilter(ErrorPageFilter.java:113) [spring-boot-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:721) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:466) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:391) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:318) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.web.ErrorPageFilter.forwardToErrorPage(ErrorPageFilter.java:188) [spring-boot-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.web.ErrorPageFilter.handleException(ErrorPageFilter.java:171) [spring-boot-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.web.ErrorPageFilter.doFilter(ErrorPageFilter.java:135) [spring-boot-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.web.ErrorPageFilter.access$000(ErrorPageFilter.java:61) [spring-boot-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.web.ErrorPageFilter$1.doFilterInternal(ErrorPageFilter.java:95) [spring-boot-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) [spring-web-4.2.4.RELEASE.jar:4.2.4.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.web.ErrorPageFilter.doFilter(ErrorPageFilter.java:113) [spring-boot-1.3.2.RELEASE.jar:1.3.2.RELEASE]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:219) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:106) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:502) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:142) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:610) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:88) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:518) [catalina.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1091) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:668) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:223) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1517) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.0.21]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1474) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.0.21]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [na:1.8.0_45]
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) [tomcat-util.jar:8.0.21]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0_45]

2016-03-09 09:43:21.236 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.j.s.OpenEntityManagerInViewInterceptor : Closing JPA EntityManager in OpenEntityManagerInViewInterceptor
2016-03-09 09:43:21.237 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.orm.jpa.EntityManagerFactoryUtils    : Closing JPA EntityManager
2016-03-09 09:43:21.240 DEBUG 3126 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet        : Could not complete request

Below is my build.gradle:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven { url "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2" }
        maven { url 'http://repo.spring.io/plugins-release' }
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-gradle-plugin', version: spring_boot_version
        classpath group: 'org.springframework.build.gradle', name: 'propdeps-plugin', version: propdeps_plugin_version
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'eclipse-wtp'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'spring-boot'
apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'propdeps'
apply from: './gradle/integration_test.gradle'
apply from: './gradle/test_setup.gradle'
apply from: './gradle/code_analysis/code_analysis.gradle'

war {
    baseName = 'gen'
    version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
}

sourceCompatibility = 1.7
targetCompatibility = 1.7

repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven  {
        url "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2"
    }
}

configurations {
    providedRuntime
}

dependencies {

    compile group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-aop'
    compile group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'
    compile(group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-web') { exclude module: 'spring-boot-starter-tomcat' }
    compile group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-security'
    compile group: 'org.springframework.security', name: 'spring-security-taglibs', version: spring_security_version
    compile group: 'org.springframework.security', name: 'spring-security-test', version: spring_security_version
    compile group: 'org.springframework.hateoas', name: 'spring-hateoas', version : spring_hateoas_version

    compile group: 'org.jasypt', name: 'jasypt', version: jasypt_version
    compile group: 'org.jasypt', name: 'jasypt-spring31', version: jasypt_spring31_version
    compile group: 'org.jasypt', name: 'jasypt-springsecurity3', version: jasypt_springsecurity3_version

    compile group: 'org.apache.tiles', name: 'tiles-core', version: tiles_version
    compile group: 'org.apache.tiles', name: 'tiles-api', version: tiles_version
    compile group: 'org.apache.tiles', name: 'tiles-jsp', version: tiles_version

    compile group: 'javax.servlet', name: 'jstl', version: jstl_version

    compile group : 'org.codehaus.janino', name : 'janino', version : janino_version
    compile group: 'javax.inject', name: 'javax.inject', version: javax_inject_version
    /*compile group: 'org.flywaydb', name: 'flyway-core', version: flyway_version*/

    /*compile group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-envers', version: hibernate_envers_version*/

    compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name : 'commons-lang3', version: commons_lang3_version
    compile group: 'commons-fileupload', name : 'commons-fileupload', version: commons_fileupload_version
    compile group: 'org.apache.poi', name : 'poi', version: apache_poi_version

    providedCompile group: 'javax.servlet', name: 'javax.servlet-api', version: servlet_api_version

    runtime('mysql:mysql-connector-java')

    optional group: 'org.springframework.boot', name:'spring-boot-configuration-processor', version: spring_boot_version

    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************** Testing dependencies start below ************************/
    /****************************************************************************/

    testCompile group: 'org.springframework.boot', name:'spring-boot-starter-test'
    testCompile group: 'org.assertj', name: 'assertj-core', version: assertj_version
    testCompile group: 'com.natpryce', name: 'make-it-easy', version: make_it_easy_version
    testCompile group: 'com.ninja-squad', name: 'DbSetup', version: db_setup_version

}

compileJava.dependsOn(processResources)

eclipse {
    classpath {
         containers.remove('org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER')
         containers 'org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7'
    }
}

task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
    gradleVersion = '2.10'
}

Below is my error.jsp:

<%@ include file="common/taglibs.jsp"%>

System has encountered an error. Please contact your system administrator.
How to solve this issue?
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  • Have you tried to annotate the AppErrorController with @RestController annotation instead of simple @Controller? Or add @RequestMapping to the class
    – Stanislav
    Mar 9, 2016 at 5:58
  • You are trying to access "timestamp" which is on object of type 'java.util.HashMap'.Check your error.html and be sure that field exists. Mar 9, 2016 at 7:40
  • Are you using Spring-Boot-Actuator? I not then try this sporcic.org/2014/05/custom-error-pages-with-spring-boot. Mar 9, 2016 at 10:06
  • @dogankadriye I am using JSP with tiles and I have created error.jsp.
    – ajm
    Mar 9, 2016 at 11:04
  • @Sanjay Rawat I am not using Spring-Boot-Actuator and also I am not using embedded tomcat. I am deploying the application to the external tomcat
    – ajm
    Mar 9, 2016 at 11:06

2 Answers 2

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Traditional Deployment

If you're not using an embedded servlet container, just disable the white label by adding this to your application.properties:

server.error.whitelabel.enabled = false

Embedded Tomcat Scenario

Add the tomcat-embed-jasper as your dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
    <artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
</dependency>

And name your controller as error:

@Controller("error")
public class AppErrorController implements ErrorController { ... }

Or you can disable the white label, instead of renaming the bean:

server.error.whitelabel.enabled = false

Why the Name Matters?

After a little digging in ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration auto configuration, i've encountered with following piece of configuration:

@Configuration
@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "server.error.whitelabel", name = "enabled", matchIfMissing = true)
@Conditional(ErrorTemplateMissingCondition.class)
protected static class WhitelabelErrorViewConfiguration {

    private final SpelView defaultErrorView = new SpelView(
            "<html><body><h1>Whitelabel Error Page</h1>"
                    + "<p>This application has no explicit mapping for /error, so you are seeing this as a fallback.</p>"
                    + "<div id='created'>${timestamp}</div>"
                    + "<div>There was an unexpected error (type=${error}, status=${status}).</div>"
                    + "<div>${message}</div></body></html>");

    @Bean(name = "error")
    @ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "error")
    public View defaultErrorView() {
        return this.defaultErrorView;
    }

    // rest of the configuration
}

That timestamp issue is related to defaultErrorView of type SpelView. So if you register another bean named error:

@ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "error")
public View defaultErrorView() { ... }

Or disable white label:

@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "server.error.whitelabel", name = "enabled", matchIfMissing = true)

This view won't be registered and you will avoid that weird exception.

What About Jasper Dependency?

There is a JspTemplateAvailabilityProvider that provides availability information for JSP view templates. This class has a isTemplateAvailable method that looks like:

public boolean isTemplateAvailable(String view, Environment environment,
        ClassLoader classLoader, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
    if (ClassUtils.isPresent("org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspConfig", classLoader)) {
        String prefix = getProperty(environment, "spring.mvc.view.prefix",
                "spring.view.prefix", WebMvcAutoConfiguration.DEFAULT_PREFIX);
        String suffix = getProperty(environment, "spring.mvc.view.suffix",
                "spring.view.suffix", WebMvcAutoConfiguration.DEFAULT_SUFFIX);
        return resourceLoader.getResource(prefix + view + suffix).exists();
    }
    return false;
}

So if the org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspConfig was not present in the classpath, it won't render the jsp view, so we added the required dependency for that, which is tomcat-embed-jasper.

Maybe there is a better and less hacky way for this problem but this is the solution i came up with and it is what it is!

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  • OP is not using embedded Tomcat. Mar 11, 2016 at 20:03
  • So what about all the org.apache.catalina... logs? Mar 11, 2016 at 20:08
  • 1
    OP uses Tomcat as a servlet container, and deploys the app to it. So asking them to include tomcat-embed-jasper is not the answer. Mar 11, 2016 at 20:37
  • 2
    So he should just disable the whitelabel, since the JspConfig is provided Mar 11, 2016 at 20:42
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    Just disabling the whitelabel worked. Thanks. Any idea on adding 404 page in similar way for invalid URL's. In my case it just sows error.jsp all the time. I have added separate question for it. stackoverflow.com/questions/35957040/…
    – ajm
    Mar 12, 2016 at 11:28
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You had many way for managing the error with spring boot. If you read the documentation the official doc say hovewer the best that I used in my projects was of develop a controller for manage the exception and then configure the error page of my tomcat, if you use tomcat but the way was the same for other container. I report a configuration sample:

container configuration:

public class MyApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(UserDocumentLibraryClientApplication.class, args);
    }

   ...
    @Bean
    public EmbeddedServletContainerCustomizer exceptionHandling() {
        return container -> container.addErrorPages(new ErrorPage("/exception"));
    }
}

controller:

@Controller
public class ExceptionController {

    @Autowired
    private MessageSource messageSource;

    public void setMessageSource(MessageSource messageSource) {
        this.messageSource = messageSource;
    }

    @RequestMapping("/exception")
    public String exception(Model model,Exception ex,Locale locale,HttpServletRequest httpRequest,HttpServletResponse httpResponse){

        ex.printStackTrace();

        model.addAttribute("templatePath", "exception/exception");
        model.addAttribute("template", "content");
        try{
            model.addAttribute("exceptionMessage",messageSource.getMessage(String.format("exception.body.%s",httpResponse.getStatus()),new Object[]{},locale));
        } catch (NoSuchMessageException e){
            model.addAttribute("exceptionMessage",messageSource.getMessage("exception.body",new Object[]{},locale));
        }
        return "index";
    }
}

application.properties

...
server.error.whitelabel.enabled=false
...

the index view may be the your thymeleaf template and benefit of the same template of your application.

Of course this is just an example but even in the documentation you can read that if you want a fine grain configuration option this a good options.

I hope that this can help you

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