Malformed Expression Error Mule ESB

Posted on the 30 December 2016 by Abhishek Somani @somaniabhi
I have got the following error when i tried to write java 8 stream in my expression component .

Message : [Error: Malformed expression]
[Near : {... t.stream().map(a->a+"dd").collect(java.util.stream ....}]
^
[Line: 5, Column: 46] (org.mule.api.expression.InvalidExpressionException). Message payload is of type: NullPayload
Type : org.mule.api.MessagingException
Code : MULE_ERROR-29999
JavaDoc : http://www.mulesoft.org/docs/site/current3/apidocs/org/mule/api/MessagingException.html
Payload : {NullPayload}
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Exception stack is:
1. [Error: Malformed expression]
[Near : {... t.stream().map(a->a+"dd").collect(java.util.stream ....}]
^
[Line: 5, Column: 46] (org.mule.api.expression.InvalidExpressionException)
org.mule.el.mvel.MVELExpressionLanguage:238 (http://www.mulesoft.org/docs/site/current3/apidocs/org/mule/api/expression/InvalidExpressionException.html)
2. [Error: Malformed expression]
[Near : {... t.stream().map(a->a+"dd").collect(java.util.stream ....}]
^
[Line: 5, Column: 46] (org.mule.api.expression.InvalidExpressionException). Message payload is of type: NullPayload (org.mule.api.MessagingException)
org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor:32 (http://www.mulesoft.org/docs/site/current3/apidocs/org/mule/api/MessagingException.html)
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Root Exception stack trace:
org.mule.api.expression.InvalidExpressionException: [Error: Malformed expression]
[Near : {... t.stream().map(a->a+"dd").collect(java.util.stream ....}]
^
[Line: 5, Column: 46]
at org.mule.el.mvel.MVELExpressionLanguage.validate(MVELExpressionLanguage.java:238)
at org.mule.el.mvel.MVELExpressionLanguage.evaluateInternal(MVELExpressionLanguage.java:189)
at org.mule.el.mvel.MVELExpressionLanguage.evaluate(MVELExpressionLanguage.java:154)
at org.mule.el.mvel.MVELExpressionLanguage.evaluate(MVELExpressionLanguage.java:133)
at org.mule.el.ExpressionLanguageComponent.process(ExpressionLanguageComponent.java:51)
at org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.execute(ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.java:24)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.execute(MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.java:58)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.execute(MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.java:44)
at org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.execute(ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.java:24)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.execute(MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.java:44)
at org.mule.processor.AsyncInterceptingMessageProcessor.process(AsyncInterceptingMessageProcessor.java:102)
at org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.execute(ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.java:24)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.execute(MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.java:58)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.execute(MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.java:44)
at org.mule.construct.DynamicPipelineMessageProcessor.process(DynamicPipelineMessageProcessor.java:54)
at org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.execute(ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.java:24)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.execute(MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.java:58)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.execute(MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.java:44)
at org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.execute(ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.java:24)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.execute(MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.java:44)
at org.mule.interceptor.AbstractEnvelopeInterceptor.process(AbstractEnvelopeInterceptor.java:51)
at org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.execute(ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.java:24)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.execute(MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.java:58)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.execute(MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.java:44)
at org.mule.processor.AbstractFilteringMessageProcessor.process(AbstractFilteringMessageProcessor.java:40)
at org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.execute(ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.java:24)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.execute(MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.java:58)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.execute(MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.java:44)
at org.mule.construct.AbstractPipeline$1.process(AbstractPipeline.java:109)
at org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.execute(ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.java:24)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.execute(MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.java:58)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.execute(MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.java:44)
at org.mule.execution.ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.execute(ExceptionToMessagingExceptionExecutionInterceptor.java:24)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.execute(MessageProcessorNotificationExecutionInterceptor.java:58)
at org.mule.execution.MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.execute(MessageProcessorExecutionTemplate.java:44)
at org.mule.construct.AbstractPipeline$3.process(AbstractPipeline.java:207)
at org.mule.module.http.internal.listener.HttpMessageProcessorTemplate.routeEvent(HttpMessageProcessorTemplate.java:72)
at org.mule.execution.AsyncResponseFlowProcessingPhase$1.process(AsyncResponseFlowProcessingPhase.java:52)
at org.mule.execution.AsyncResponseFlowProcessingPhase$1.process(AsyncResponseFlowProcessingPhase.java:47)
at org.mule.execution.ExecuteCallbackInterceptor.execute(ExecuteCallbackInterceptor.java:16)
at org.mule.execution.HandleExceptionInterceptor.execute(HandleExceptionInterceptor.java:30)
at org.mule.execution.HandleExceptionIntercepto...
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And here is my mule flow :

<http:listener path="/foreach/test" config-ref="myRequestConfig"
allowedMethods="GET" doc:name="HTTP"/>
<expression-component>
java.util.ArrayList list = new java.util.ArrayList();
list.add("abc");
payload = list;
payload = list.stream().map(a->a+"dd").collect(java.util.stream.Collectors.Collectors.toList());
</expression-component>

<logger message="paload : #[payload]" level="ERROR"/>
</flow>
If anybody knows the answer please comment below .