script assertion:Unexpected token "" in path expression

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A groovy script assertion with a simple xpath expression leads to ...ERROR:java.lang.RuntimeException: net.sf.saxon.trans.XPathException: XPath syntax error at char 1 on line 2 in {
}:    Unexpected token "&lt;eof&gt;" in path expression   java.lang.RuntimeException: net.sf.saxon.trans.XPathException: XPath syntax error at char 1 on line 2 in {
}:       Unexpected token "&lt;eof&gt;" in path expression    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.xpath.saxon.XBeansXPath.selectNodes(XBeansXPath.java:142)    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.xpath.saxon.XBeansXPath.selectPath(XBeansXPath.java:148)    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Path$DelegatePathImpl$DelegatePathEngine.next(Path.java:541)    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Cursor._toSelection(Cursor.java:931)    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Cursor._toNextSelection(Cursor.java:920)    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.store.Cursor.toNextSelection(Cursor.java:2670)    at com.eviware.soapui.support.xml.XmlUtils.selectFirstDomNode(XmlUtils.java:1227)    at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.resolvers.ResolverUtils.extractXPathPropertyValue(ResolverUtils.java:94)    at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.resolvers.ModelItemPropertyResolver.resolveProperty(ModelItemPropertyResolver.java:94)    at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.PropertyExpander.expand(PropertyExpander.java:166)    at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.PropertyExpander.expandProperties(PropertyExpander.java:94)    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.testcase.WsdlTestRunContext.expand(WsdlTestRunContext.java:146)    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite$PojoCachedMethodSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.invoke(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:229)    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaMethodSite.call(PojoMetaMethodSite.java:52)    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:40)    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:116)    at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:124)    at Script5.run(Script5.groovy:3)    at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:96)    at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory$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.internalAssertResponse(GroovyScriptAssertion.java:133)    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlMessageAssertion.assertResponse(WsdlMessageAssertion.java:156)    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlTestRequest.assertResponse(WsdlTestRequest.java:189)    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlTestRequestStep.propertyChange(WsdlTestRequestStep.java:301)    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.support.assertions.AssertionsSupport.propertyChange(AssertionsSupport.java:86)    at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)    at java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(Unknown Source)    at com.eviware.soapui.model.support.AbstractModelItem.notifyPropertyChanged(AbstractModelItem.java:85)    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlMessageAssertion.setConfiguration(WsdlMessageAssertion.java:90)    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.assertions.basic.GroovyScriptAssertion.setScriptText(GroovyScriptAssertion.java:182)    at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.assertions.basic.GroovyScriptAssertion$GroovyScriptAssertionPanel$OkAction.actionPerformed(GroovyScriptAssertion.java:304)    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.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.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:139)    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.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: net.sf.saxon.trans.XPathException: XPath syntax error at char 1 on line 2 in {
}:       Unexpected token "&lt;eof&gt;" in path expression    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.grumble(ExpressionParser.java:149)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.grumble(ExpressionParser.java:125)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseBasicStep(ExpressionParser.java:1390)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseStepExpression(ExpressionParser.java:1213)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseRelativePath(ExpressionParser.java:1151)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parsePathExpression(ExpressionParser.java:1137)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseUnaryExpression(ExpressionParser.java:1026)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseCastExpression(ExpressionParser.java:691)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseCastableExpression(ExpressionParser.java:646)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseTreatExpression(ExpressionParser.java:627)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseInstanceOfExpression(ExpressionParser.java:609)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseIntersectExpression(ExpressionParser.java:1059)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseUnionExpression(ExpressionParser.java:1041)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseMultiplicativeExpression(ExpressionParser.java:978)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseAdditiveExpression(ExpressionParser.java:958)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseRangeExpression(ExpressionParser.java:876)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseComparisonExpression(ExpressionParser.java:826)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseAndExpression(ExpressionParser.java:423)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseOrExpression(ExpressionParser.java:405)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseExprSingle(ExpressionParser.java:354)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parseExpression(ExpressionParser.java:306)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionParser.parse(ExpressionParser.java:228)    at net.sf.saxon.expr.ExpressionTool.make(ExpressionTool.java:73)    at net.sf.saxon.sxpath.XPathEvaluator.createExpression(XPathEvaluator.java:167)    at org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.xpath.saxon.XBeansXPath.selectNodes(XBeansXPath.java:111)    ... 89 moreany advice ?

smartbear_suppo · Answer

This looks like an error in the XPath expression. Could you send us the Groovy script that you are using?/Nenadhttp://eviware.com

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