Re: Regression Bug in Velocity Library: JSON if Condition with {} Failing in v2.3 and Later

Thanks for the report.

Would you mind opening an issue on our JIRA bug tracker?

Thanks.

On 13/01/2025 08:12, Muskaan B wrote:
> Dear Apache velocity Team,
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> I hope this email finds you well.
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> I have identified a regression bug in the Velocity library that affects the
> handling of if conditions within JSON documents when curly braces ({}) are
> present. This issue is identified in version 2.3 and present in later
> versions as well, but was working as expected in  version 1.7.
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> To help reproduce the issue, I have provided a sample project along with
> the stack trace in the following
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> *Git repository:* link
> <https://github.com/muskaan62/velocityTest/blob/main/src/main/java/org/example/VelocityExample.java>
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> *Stacktrace:*
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> *Exception in thread "main"
> org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered ")\n" at
> Template[line 2, column 64]Was expecting one of:    "||" ...    ")" ...
> <WHITESPACE> ...    <NEWLINE> ...    "-" ...    "+" ...    "*" ...    "/"
> ...    "%" ...    <LOGICAL_AND> ...    <LOGICAL_OR> ...    <LOGICAL_LT>
> ...    <LOGICAL_LE> ...    <LOGICAL_GT> ...    <LOGICAL_GE> ...
> <LOGICAL_EQUALS> ...    <LOGICAL_NOT_EQUALS> ...   at
> org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.evaluate(RuntimeInstance.java:1440)at
> org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.evaluate(RuntimeInstance.java:1398)at
> org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.evaluate(VelocityEngine.java:213)at
> org.example.VelocityExample.main(VelocityExample.java:28)*
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> I kindly request your assistance in addressing this issue. If there are any
> potential workarounds or a timeline for a fix, please let me know. Your
> guidance on resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thank you for your time and support.
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> Best regards,
> Muskaan
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