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Paco Avila edited comment on JCR-1248 at 3/1/10 7:38 PM: --------------------------------------------------------- A query like this will fail: //element(*, nt:base)[jcr:contains(., 'test \ done')] Specification JSR-170 at point 6.6.5.2 says that literal instances like single quote ( ' ), double quote ( " ) and hyphen ( - ) must be escaped with a backslash ( \ ), and backslash itself should be escaped as a double backslash ( \\ ). Also, I have noted that some chars like [ and ] need to be escaped also. was (Author: monkiki): A query like this will fail: //element(*, nt:base)[jcr:contains(., 'test[')] Specification JSR-170 at point 6.6.5.2 says that literal instances like single quote ( ' ), double quote ( " ) and hyphen ( - ) must be escaped with a backslash ( \ ), and backslash itself should be escaped as a double backslash ( \\ ). Also, I have noted that some chars like [ and ] need to be escaped also. > Helper Method to escape illegal XPath Search Term > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: JCR-1248 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR-1248 > Project: Jackrabbit Content Repository > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: jackrabbit-jcr-commons > Reporter: Claus Köll > Assignee: Claus Köll > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 1.5.0 > > Attachments: patch.txt > > > If you try to perform a search like this > //element(*, nt:base)[jcr:contains(., 'test!')] > you get this exception > javax.jcr.RepositoryException: Exception building query: > org.apache.jackrabbit.core.query.lucene.fulltext.ParseException: Encountered > "<EOF>" at line 1, column 6. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.