[GROOVY-533] Dangling meta character

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-5
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-6
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jonathan Aquino
• Created: 10/Jun/04 20:07
• Updated: 15/Jul/04 04:21
• Resolved: 10/Jun/04 20:40

Description

The following compiles fine:

output.replaceAll(
'aaa', "P"
)

But the following doesn't:

output.replaceAll(
'???', "P"
)

[]
[]
Caught: java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Dangling meta character '?' near index 0
???
^
java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Dangling meta character '?' near index 0
???
^
at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Pattern.java:1528)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.sequence(Pattern.java:1645)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.expr(Pattern.java:1545)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:1279)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.<init>(Pattern.java:1035)
at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:779)
at java.lang.String.replaceAll(String.java:1663)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:56)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.doMethodInvoke(MetaClass.java:846)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:268)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:130)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:101)
at DataConversion.clean(DataConversion.groovy)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:56)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.doMethodInvoke(MetaClass.java:846)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:268)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:56)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.doMethodInvoke(MetaClass.java:846)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:268)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:130)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:101)
at DataConversion.invokeMethod(DataConversion.groovy)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:117)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:101)
at DataConversion.run(DataConversion.groovy:56)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:56)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.doMethodInvoke(MetaClass.java:846)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:268)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:56)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.doMethodInvoke(MetaClass.java:846)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeMethod(MetaClass.java:268)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:130)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:101)
at DataConversion.invokeMethod(DataConversion.groovy)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:117)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:101)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.runScript(InvokerHelper.java:332)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:56)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.doMethodInvoke(MetaClass.java:846)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeStaticMethod(MetaClass.java:329)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:124)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:101)
at DataConversion.main(DataConversion.groovy)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:56)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.doMethodInvoke(MetaClass.java:846)
at groovy.lang.MetaClass.invokeStaticMethod(MetaClass.java:329)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:124)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper.invokeMethod(InvokerHelper.java:101)
at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.run(GroovyShell.java:183)
at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.main(GroovyShell.java:88)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchStandard(Launcher.java:410)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:344)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:474)