[UIMA-1264] Regex annotator goes into infinite loop on patterns that match the empty string

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.3S
• Component/s: Sandbox-RegexAnnotator
• Assignee: Michael Baessler
• Reporter: Thilo Goetz
• Created: 14/Jan/09 16:35
• Updated: 20/Jan/09 08:03
• Resolved: 14/Jan/09 16:58

Description

When a regex matches the empty string (e.g., a* matching against bbbb), and the match strategy is "matchAll", the regex annotator goes into an infinite loop.