[UIMA-5484] Ruta: wildcard with optional rule element

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.6.0ruta
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0ruta, 2.8.0ruta
• Component/s: Ruta
• Assignee: Viorel Morari
• Reporter: Peter Klügl
• Created: 10/Jul/17 09:35
• Updated: 26/May/19 13:23
• Resolved: 15/Apr/19 16:58

Description

Ruta: wildcard with optional rule element

Currently, optional rule elements after wildcards are not optional since the wildcard uses the iterator for the type. If the rule element is optional, it should check if a match of the next element is closer.