"Return value must be of type string, null returned" when running vendor/bin/drush rdf_sync:synchronize node
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<p>Background: RDF_sync module worked well before I accidentally removed the <a href="https://github.com/openeuropa/triple-store-dev">Virtuoso container</a> and lost all the synchronized RDF data. I re-run a new Virtuoso container and connected it with Drupal. I tried manually batch write all my mapped nodes into Virtuoso as below:</p>
<pre>vendor/bin/drush rdf_sync:synchronize node</pre><p>
It showed error as below:</p>
<pre>In ProcessBase.php line 171:<br> <br> Unable to decode output into JSON: Syntax error <br> <br> TypeError: Drupal\rdf_sync\RdfSyncSynchronizer::Drupal\rdf_sync\{closure}(): Return value must be of type string, null returned in Drupal\rdf_sync\RdfSyncSynchronizer->Drupal\rdf_sync\{closure}() (line 122 of /var/www/ht <br> ml/drupal/web/modules/contrib/rdf_sync/src/RdfSyncSynchronizer.php). <br> <br> Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Drupal\rdf_sync\RdfSyncSynchronizer::Drupal\rdf_sync\{closure}(): Return value must be of type string, null returned in /var/www/html/drupal/web/modules/contrib/rdf_sync/src/RdfSyncSync <br> hronizer.php:122 <br> Stack trace: <br> #0 [internal function]: Drupal\rdf_sync\RdfSyncSynchronizer->Drupal\rdf_sync\{closure}() <br> #1 /var/www/html/drupal/web/modules/contrib/rdf_sync/src/RdfSyncSynchronizer.php(119): array_map() <br> #2 /var/www/html/drupal/web/modules/contrib/rdf_sync/src/RdfSyncSynchronizer.php(104): Drupal\rdf_sync\RdfSyncSynchronizer->doSynchronize() <br> #3 /var/www/html/drupal/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/EventSubscriber/KernelDestructionSubscriber.php(51): Drupal\rdf_sync\RdfSyncSynchronizer->destruct() <br> #4 [internal function]: Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\KernelDestructionSubscriber->onKernelTerminate() <br> #5 /var/www/html/drupal/web/core/lib/Drupal/Component/EventDispatcher/ContainerAwareEventDispatcher.php(111): call_user_func() <br> #6 /var/www/html/drupal/vendor/symfony/http-kernel/HttpKernel.php(115): Drupal\Component\EventDispatcher\ContainerAwareEventDispatcher->dispatch() <br> #7 /var/www/html/drupal/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/StackedHttpKernel.php(63): Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel->terminate() <br> #8 /var/www/html/drupal/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php(688): Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\StackedHttpKernel->terminate() <br> #9 /var/www/html/drupal/vendor/drush/drush/src/Boot/DrupalBoot8.php(326): Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel->terminate() <br> #10 [internal function]: Drush\Boot\DrupalBoot8->terminate() <br> #11 {main} <br> thrown in /var/www/html/drupal/web/modules/contrib/rdf_sync/src/RdfSyncSynchronizer.php on line 122 </pre><p>When I created a node in Drupal Web UI, it was synchronized into Virtuoso.<br>
Is it because there are many entity_reference fields between bundles?<em> (Edit: Because when I manually added a new node, it did write RDF into Virtuoso.)</em></p>
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