[RES] Cannot mask characters in regular expressions

Hi again,

as a surprise I found the anser to my question myself:
I just have to define the parameter in a different way:
wrong: def expectedValue = "^Test\*Test$"
right: def expectedValue = /^Test\*Test$/

But now a have another problem:

I wrote a class to handle my assertions.
When calling the my assertion-methode I have to hand over the expected value and the xPath to check.
But when defining the xPath with a regular expression like described above, I again get an error.

Here is (a part of) my code:

def xPath = '//n10:findKundeResponse/n10:kunde/n8:adresse[@xsi:type="n8:Privatadresse" and matches(n8:ort, "^Test\*Test$")]/n8:ort'

When running the assertion, I get the following error:

startup failed: Script82.groovy: 5: unexpected char: '\' @ line 5, column 115. se" and matches(n8:ort, "^Test\*Test$")] ^ org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.SyntaxException: unexpected char: '\' @ line 5, column 115. at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.transformCSTIntoAST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:134) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.parseCST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:107) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.SourceUnit.parse(SourceUnit.java:236) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$1.call(CompilationUnit.java:163) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToSourceUnits(CompilationUnit.java:839) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:544) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:520) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:497) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.doParseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:306) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:287) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parseClass(GroovyShell.java:731) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:743) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:770) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:761) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.compile(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:148) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:93) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory$SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngine.run(SourceFile:88) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.assertions.basic.GroovyScriptAssertion.assertScript(GroovyScriptAssertion.java:116) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.assertions.basic.GroovyScriptAssertion.access$600(GroovyScriptAssertion.java:78) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.assertions.basic.GroovyScriptAssertion$GroovyScriptAssertionPanel$RunAction.actionPerformed(GroovyScriptAssertion.java:390) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source) at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Dialog$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Dialog$3.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.awt.Dialog.show(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.show(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Window.setVisible(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Dialog.setVisible(Unknown Source) at com.eviware.soapui.support.UISupport.showDialog(UISupport.java:396) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.assertions.basic.GroovyScriptAssertion.configure(GroovyScriptAssertion.java:145) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.panels.teststeps.AssertionsPanel$2.mouseClicked(AssertionsPanel.java:154) at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseClicked(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: Script82.groovy:5:115: unexpected char: '\' at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.mESC(GroovyLexer.java:2180) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.mSTRING_LITERAL(GroovyLexer.java:1948) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.nextToken(GroovyLexer.java:468) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer$1.nextToken(GroovyLexer.java:258) at groovyjarjarantlr.TokenBuffer.fill(TokenBuffer.java:69) at groovyjarjarantlr.TokenBuffer.LA(TokenBuffer.java:80) at groovyjarjarantlr.LLkParser.LA(LLkParser.java:52) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.nls(GroovyRecognizer.java:793) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.varInitializer(GroovyRecognizer.java:2681) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.variableDeclarator(GroovyRecognizer.java:7889) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.listOfVariables(GroovyRecognizer.java:7843) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.variableDefinitions(GroovyRecognizer.java:2278) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.declaration(GroovyRecognizer.java:2140) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.statement(GroovyRecognizer.java:1208) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.compilationUnit(GroovyRecognizer.java:757) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.transformCSTIntoAST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:130) ... 96 more 1 error

I also tried to use /^Test*Test$/ but this didn't help here.
Do you have any idea how to solve this?

Best regards
Nico

Please try this expression:

def xPath = '//n10:findKundeResponse/n10:kunde/n8:adresse[@xsi:type="n8:Privatadresse" and matches(n8:ort, "^Test.*Test$")]/n8:ort'

Renato
SmartBear Software

Hi Renato,

of course I could try this expression and it definitely would pass.
But this isn't what I whant.

I want to check, if the node-text is equal to "Test*Test"
So the asterisk is used as a part of the string, not as a wildcard.

In the meanwhile I found out, that I have to mask it using two backslashes, like:

def xPath = '//n10:findKundeResponse/n10:kunde/n8:adresse[@xsi:type="n8:Privatadresse" and matches(n8:ort, "^Test\\*Test$")]/n8:ort'

Best regards

Hi Nico,

Are you still having issues here, or is this issue resolved?

Regards,

Arian
SmartBear Sweden

Hi Arian,

no, I solved this issue in my last post, thanks.

Best regards
Nico