Index: magnolia-core/src/main/java/info/magnolia/freemarker/models/UserModel.java
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--- magnolia-core/src/main/java/info/magnolia/freemarker/models/UserModel.java	(revision 21286)
+++ magnolia-core/src/main/java/info/magnolia/freemarker/models/UserModel.java	Mon Jan 25 18:32:24 CET 2010
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
  * @version $Revision: $ ($Author: $)
  */
 class UserModel extends BeanModel {
+    private final static org.slf4j.Logger log = org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(UserModel.class);
+
     static final MagnoliaModelFactory FACTORY = new MagnoliaModelFactory() {
         public Class factoryFor() {
             return User.class;
@@ -72,8 +74,13 @@
         if (result != null) {
             return result;
         }
+        try {
-        return new SimpleScalar(user.getProperty(key));
+            return new SimpleScalar(user.getProperty(key));
+        } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+            log.debug("getProperty({}) threw an UnsupportedOperationException: {}", key, e.getMessage());
+            return null;
-    }
+        }
+    }
 
     public User asUser() {
         return this.user;
Index: magnolia-core/src/test/java/info/magnolia/freemarker/FreemarkerHelperTest.java
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--- magnolia-core/src/test/java/info/magnolia/freemarker/FreemarkerHelperTest.java	(revision 31148)
+++ magnolia-core/src/test/java/info/magnolia/freemarker/FreemarkerHelperTest.java	Mon Jan 25 18:28:49 CET 2010
@@ -574,6 +574,19 @@
         verify(user);
     }
 
+    public void testUserUnsupportedExceptionFallback() throws Exception {
+        tplLoader.putTemplate("test.ftl", "${user.name} is my name, fullName: ${user.fullName!user.name}, testProp: ${user.testProp!'default'} !");
+        final User user = createStrictMock(User.class);
+        expect(user.getName()).andReturn("myName");
+        expect(user.getProperty("fullName")).andThrow(new UnsupportedOperationException("getProperty:fullName"));
+        expect(user.getName()).andReturn("myName");
+        expect(user.getProperty("testProp")).andThrow(new UnsupportedOperationException("getProperty:testValue"));
+
+        replay(user);
+        assertRendereredContent("myName is my name, fullName: myName, testProp: default !", createSingleValueMap("user", user), "test.ftl");
+        verify(user);
+    }
+
     public void testNodeNameCanBeRenderedImplicitely() throws Exception {
         tplLoader.putTemplate("test.ftl", "This should output the node's name: ${content}");
         final Map root = createSingleValueMap("content", new MockContent("myNode"));