Better whitespace tolerance in AnnotationCreator ------------------------------------------------ Key: JBMDR-49 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBMDR-49 Project: JBoss MetaData Repository Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Annotations Affects Versions: JBossMDR.2.0.0.GA Reporter: Scott M Stark If I attempt to deploy an mc bean with an annotation that spans multiple lines in the jboss-beans.xml descriptor, for example: <bean name="JNDIBasedSecurityRegistration" class="org.jboss.security.integration.JNDIBasedSecurityRegistration"> <annotation&gt;(a)org.jboss.managed.api.annotation.ManagementObject(name=&quot;JNDIBasedSecurityRegistration&quot;, componentType=(a)org.jboss.managed.api.annotation.ManagementComponent(type=&quot;MCBean&quot;, subtype="Security"))</annotation> <property name="policyRegistration"><inject bean="JBossSecurityPolicyRegistration" /></property> <property name="securityManagement"><inject bean="JNDIBasedSecurityManagement" /></property> </bean> The deployment fails with: Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error getting root expression @org.jboss.managed.api.annotation.ManagementObject(name="JNDIBasedSecurityRegistration", componentType=@ManagementComponent(type="MCBean", subtype="Security")) at org.jboss.annotation.factory.AnnotationCreator.getRootExpr(AnnotationCreator.java:361) at org.jboss.annotation.factory.AnnotationCreator.getRootExpr(AnnotationCreator.java:330) at org.jboss.annotation.factory.AnnotationCreator.createAnnotation(AnnotationCreator.java:449) at org.jboss.beans.metadata.plugins.AbstractAnnotationMetaData.getAnnotationInstance(AbstractAnnotationMetaData.java:119) ... 42 more Caused by: org.jboss.annotation.factory.ast.ParseException: Encountered "\n" at line 1, column 89. We should be considering whitespace as significant in the grammar. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira