my problem was - thinking that th:fragment is not rendered but it is, and i get null poniter error, because argument is not there the object under name used in fragment should already be available, for example take out of th:each
		
			
				
	
	
		
			0 lines
		
	
	
		
			0 B
		
	
	
	
		
			XML
		
	
	
	
	
	
			
		
		
	
	
			0 lines
		
	
	
		
			0 B
		
	
	
	
		
			XML
		
	
	
	
	
	
	The file is empty.