[LUCENE-39] Error parsing search strings that start with "*"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Component/s: core/queryparser

Environment

Operating System: Linux
Platform: PC

• Bugzilla Id: 9853
• Assignee: Lucene Developers
• Reporter: Michael Mendelson
• Created: 14/Jun/02 04:44
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 11:10
• Resolved: 27/May/06 01:35

Description

...when running QueryParser.parse().

Stack trace is attached. Sorry if this bug is a duplicate.

I'm actually running 1.2rc4.

Thank you!

org.apache.lucene.queryParser.TokenMgrError: Lexical error at line 1, column
1. Encountered: "*" (42), after : ""
at org.apache.lucene.queryParser.QueryParserTokenManager.getNextToken
(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.lucene.queryParser.QueryParser.jj_ntk(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.lucene.queryParser.QueryParser.Modifiers(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.lucene.queryParser.QueryParser.Query(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.lucene.queryParser.QueryParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.lucene.queryParser.QueryParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.bg.websearch.WebSearcher.search(WebSearcher.java:145)
at search._0002fsearch_0002fprocess_0002ejspprocess_jsp_1._jspService
(0002fsearch_0002fprocess_0002ejspprocess
jsp_1.java:97)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:119)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service
(JspServlet.java:177)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile
(JspServlet.java:318)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:391)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService
(ServletWrapper.java:404)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:286)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service
(ServletWrapper.java:372)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService
(ContextManager.java:797)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service
(ContextManager.java:743)
at
org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection
(HttpConnectionHandler.java:210)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt
(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run
(ThreadPool.java:498)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)