SpringExpressionsParser doesn't work with newer version of ANTLR [SPR-5343]

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Kenny MacLeod opened SPR-5343 and commented

SpringExpressionsParser refers to the ruleMemo field in the org.antlr.runtime.BaseRecognizer subclass. This field was removed from BaseRecognizer in 2007

http://fisheye2.atlassian.com/browse/antlr/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/runtime/BaseRecognizer.java?r1=3920&r2=3994

SpringExpressionsParser should be updated to work with the current version of ANTLR, if possible.

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Affects: 3.0 M1

2 votes, 4 watchers

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Mike Yin commented

this also affects 3.0 M2

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Konstantin Shaposhnikov commented

Jython 2.5 uses Antlr 3.1 and Spring uses 3.0.1.
So spring can't be used together with jython because of that.

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Konstantin Shaposhnikov commented

Ideally Spring shouldn't require spring-expression library and its runtime dependencies unless you use expressions in the XML.

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Graham Zabel commented

ditto with JBoss drools 5. drools 5 uses antlr 3.1.1. Spring uses antlr 3.0.1. and they can't be run together.

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Juergen Hoeller commented

Note that recent Spring 3.0 RC1 snapshots already feature a reimplemented expression parser without any ANTLR dependency! This minimizes Spring core dependencies and removes the potential for ANTLR compatibility issues.

Juergen