if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing jsonpath %s, %v", templateValue, err)
	}

	allowMissingKeys := true
	if f.AllowMissingKeys != nil {
		allowMissingKeys = *f.AllowMissingKeys
	}

	p.AllowMissingKeys(allowMissingKeys)

	if templateFormat == "jsonpath-as-json" {
		p.EnableJSONOutput(true)
	}

	return p, nil
}

	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing template %s, %v", templateValue, err)
	}

	allowMissingKeys := true
	if f.AllowMissingKeys != nil {
		allowMissingKeys = *f.AllowMissingKeys
	}

	p.AllowMissingKeys(allowMissingKeys)
	return p, nil
}

// AddFlags receives a *cobra.Command reference and binds
// flags related to template printing to it

		c.MarkFlagFilename("template")
	}
	if f.AllowMissingKeys != nil {
		c.Flags().BoolVar(f.AllowMissingKeys, "allow-missing-template-keys", *f.AllowMissingKeys, "If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.")
	}
}

			expectedOutput:   "foo",
			allowMissingKeys: &allowMissingKeys,
		},
		{
			name:             "missing field does not error and returns no value since missing keys are allowed by default",
			templateArg:      "{{ .metadata.missing }}",
			expectedOutput:   "<no value>",
			allowMissingKeys: nil,
		},
		{
			name:             "missing field returns expected error if field is missing and allowMissingKeys is explicitly set to false",

			expectedOutput:   "foo",
			allowMissingKeys: &allowMissingKeys,
		},
		{
			name:             "missing field does not error and returns an empty string since missing keys are allowed by default",
			templateArg:      "{ .metadata.missing }",
			expectedOutput:   "",
			allowMissingKeys: nil,
		},
		{
			name:             "missing field returns expected error if field is missing and allowMissingKeys is explicitly set to false",

		Parse(string(tmpl))
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return &GoTemplatePrinter{
		rawTemplate: string(tmpl),
		template:    t,
	}, nil
}

// AllowMissingKeys tells the template engine if missing keys are allowed.
func (p *GoTemplatePrinter) AllowMissingKeys(allow bool) {
	if allow {
		p.template.Option("missingkey=default")
	} else {
		p.template.Option("missingkey=error")
	}
}

	Wide          bool
	ShowLabels    bool
	Kind          schema.GroupKind
	ColumnLabels  []string

	SortBy string

	// indicates if it is OK to ignore missing keys for rendering an output template.
	AllowMissingKeys bool

		path := jsonpath.New(col.Name)
		if err := path.Parse(fmt.Sprintf("{%s}", col.JSONPath)); err != nil {
			return c, fmt.Errorf("unrecognized column definition %q", col.JSONPath)
		}
		path.AllowMissingKeys(true)

		desc := fmt.Sprintf("Custom resource definition column (in JSONPath format): %s", col.JSONPath)
		if len(col.Description) > 0 {
			desc = col.Description
		}

		parser := jsonpath.New("path")
		err := parser.Parse(i.fixPath(path))
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("invalid path: %v - %v", path, err)
		}
		values, err := parser.AllowMissingKeys(true).FindResults(i.structure)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("err finding results for path: %v - %v", path, err)
		}
		if len(values) == 0 {
			return nil
		}
		if len(values[0]) > 0 {

	result := make([]selectableField, len(selectableFields))
	for i, sf := range selectableFields {
		name := strings.TrimPrefix(sf.JSONPath, ".")

		parser := jsonpath.New("selectableField")
		parser.AllowMissingKeys(true)
		err := parser.Parse("{" + sf.JSONPath + "}")
		if err == nil {
			result[i] = selectableField{
				name:      name,
				fieldPath: parser,
			}
		} else {
			result[i] = selectableField{