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Steps to reproduce: - open a BPEL diagram - press Ctrl+F, Search panel will be opened - Enter * as the search string, press Enter Exception will be thrown: java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Dangling meta character '*' near index 0 * ^ at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Pattern.java:1700) at java.util.regex.Pattern.sequence(Pattern.java:1865) at java.util.regex.Pattern.expr(Pattern.java:1739) at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:1447) at java.util.regex.Pattern.<init>(Pattern.java:1130) at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Pattern.java:846) at org.netbeans.modules.bpel.search.impl.core.Pattern.<init>(Pattern.java:50) at org.netbeans.modules.bpel.search.impl.core.Manager.getPattern(Manager.java:69) at org.netbeans.modules.bpel.search.spi.SearchEngine$Adapter.createSearchPattern(SearchEngine.java:135) at org.netbeans.modules.bpel.search.spi.SearchEngine$Adapter.fireSearchStarted(SearchEngine.java:104) at org.netbeans.modules.bpel.search.impl.diagram.Engine.search(Engine.java:46) at org.netbeans.modules.bpel.search.impl.ui.Find$Provider.search(Find.java:148) at org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam.ui.search.SearchFieldPanel.actionPerformed(SearchFieldPanel.java:108) at javax.swing.JTextField.fireActionPerformed(JTextField.java:492) at javax.swing.JTextField.postActionEvent(JTextField.java:705) ...
To reproduce: Regular expression must be switched on.
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