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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8227640

javac crashes on text blocks with invalid escapes.

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • P2
    • 13
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    • b30
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        Consider this source code:
        ---
        public class InvalidEscapes {
            private String s = """
                    \!
                    """;
        }
        ---

        When compiled:
        ---
        $ javac --enable-preview -source 14 InvalidEscape.java
        InvalidEscape.java:3: error: illegal escape character
                    \!
                     ^
        Note: InvalidEscape.java uses preview language features.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:preview for details.
        1 error
        printing javac parameters to: <path>/javac.20190712_182002.args
        ---

        Note the "printing javac parameters" - this means there was an exception inside javac. Recompiling with -XDdev shows the exception:
        ---
        $ javac --enable-preview -source 14 -XDdev InvalidEscape.java
        InvalidEscape.java:3: error: illegal escape character
                    \!
                     ^
        Note: InvalidEscape.java uses preview language features.
        Note: Recompile with -Xlint:preview for details.
        1 error
        An exception has occurred in the compiler (14-internal). Please file a bug against the Java compiler via the Java bug reporting page (http://bugreport.java.com) after checking the Bug Database (http://bugs.java.com) for duplicates. Include your program, the following diagnostic, and the parameters passed to the Java compiler in your report. Thank you.
        java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavaTokenizer$TextBlockSupport.translateEscapes(JavaTokenizer.java:395)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavaTokenizer.readToken(JavaTokenizer.java:1042)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.Scanner.nextToken(Scanner.java:115)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavacParser.nextToken(JavacParser.java:263)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavacParser.variableDeclaratorRest(JavacParser.java:3249)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavacParser.variableDeclaratorsRest(JavacParser.java:3220)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavacParser.classOrInterfaceBodyDeclaration(JavacParser.java:3952)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavacParser.classOrInterfaceBody(JavacParser.java:3848)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavacParser.classDeclaration(JavacParser.java:3687)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavacParser.classOrInterfaceOrEnumDeclaration(JavacParser.java:3641)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavacParser.typeDeclaration(JavacParser.java:3630)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavacParser.parseCompilationUnit(JavacParser.java:3474)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.parse(JavaCompiler.java:639)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.parse(JavaCompiler.java:676)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.parseFiles(JavaCompiler.java:1031)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.parseFiles(JavaCompiler.java:1018)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:938)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:318)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:176)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:57)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:43)
        Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
                at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
                at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
                at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
                at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser.JavaTokenizer$TextBlockSupport.translateEscapes(JavaTokenizer.java:393)
                ... 20 more
        Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid escape sequence: \! \\u0021
                at java.base/java.lang.String.translateEscapes(String.java:3145)
                ... 25 more
        printing javac parameters to: <path>/javac.20190712_181859.args
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