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javax.el.ELException: Error reading [describedColumns] on type [org.cipres.treebase.domain.matrix.StandardMatrix]
	at javax.el.BeanELResolver.getValue(BeanELResolver.java:104)
	at org.apache.jasper.el.JasperELResolver.getValue(JasperELResolver.java:112)
	at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:168)
	at org.apache.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:189)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.proprietaryEvaluate(PageContextImpl.java:942)
	at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.pages.search.study.matrix_jsp._jspx_meth_c_005fset_005f5(matrix_jsp.java:1335)
	at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.pages.search.study.matrix_jsp._jspService(matrix_jsp.java:310)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:583)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:465)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:383)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:331)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:583)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:212)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:39)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:662)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:428)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:360)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:297)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor317.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at net.bull.javamelody.JspWrapper.invoke(JspWrapper.java:152)
	at net.bull.javamelody.JdbcWrapper$DelegatingInvocationHandler.invoke(JdbcWrapper.java:294)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy159.forward(Unknown Source)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:142)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:239)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1142)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:879)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:792)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:476)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:431)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:489)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:583)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:212)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:239)
	at net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:215)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:164)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:141)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:90)
	at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:406)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at org.displaytag.filter.ResponseOverrideFilter.doFilter(ResponseOverrideFilter.java:125)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:198)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:75)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:119)
	at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:55)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:264)
	at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:107)
	at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:72)
	at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
	at org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:110)
	at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
	at org.acegisecurity.wrapper.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:81)
	at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
	at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:217)
	at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
	at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:191)
	at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274)
	at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:148)
	at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy.doFilter(FilterToBeanProxy.java:90)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:199)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:181)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:156)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:168)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:90)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:483)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:130)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:93)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:679)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:346)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:617)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:63)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:934)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1690)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:52)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1191)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:659)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:63)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)
Caused by: org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: could not initialize a collection: [org.cipres.treebase.domain.matrix.CharacterMatrix.columns#18118]
	at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.handledNonSpecificException(SQLStateConverter.java:103)
	at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.java:91)
	at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:43)
	at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.loadCollection(Loader.java:2001)
	at org.hibernate.loader.collection.BatchingCollectionInitializer.initialize(BatchingCollectionInitializer.java:52)
	at org.hibernate.persister.collection.AbstractCollectionPersister.initialize(AbstractCollectionPersister.java:565)
	at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultInitializeCollectionEventListener.onInitializeCollection(DefaultInitializeCollectionEventListener.java:63)
	at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.initializeCollection(SessionImpl.java:1716)
	at org.hibernate.collection.AbstractPersistentCollection.initialize(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:344)
	at org.hibernate.collection.AbstractPersistentCollection.read(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:86)
	at org.hibernate.collection.PersistentList.iterator(PersistentList.java:115)
	at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableCollection$1.(Collections.java:1041)
	at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableCollection.iterator(Collections.java:1040)
	at org.cipres.treebase.domain.matrix.CharacterMatrix.getDescribedColumns(CharacterMatrix.java:878)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor426.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at javax.el.BeanELResolver.getValue(BeanELResolver.java:99)
	... 101 more
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingPreparedStatement with address: "NULL" is closed.
	at org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingStatement.checkOpen(DelegatingStatement.java:96)
	at org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingPreparedStatement.setLong(DelegatingPreparedStatement.java:410)
	at org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.DelegatingPreparedStatement.setLong(DelegatingPreparedStatement.java:412)
	at org.hibernate.type.LongType.set(LongType.java:42)
	at org.hibernate.type.NullableType.nullSafeSet(NullableType.java:136)
	at org.hibernate.type.NullableType.nullSafeSet(NullableType.java:116)
	at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.bindPositionalParameters(Loader.java:1707)
	at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.bindParameterValues(Loader.java:1678)
	at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.prepareQueryStatement(Loader.java:1563)
	at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQuery(Loader.java:673)
	at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQueryAndInitializeNonLazyCollections(Loader.java:236)
	at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.loadCollection(Loader.java:1994)
	... 115 more