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Motivation and Context

There were several locations where Pattern objects were being used to perform regex matches. This is inefficient as the Pattern would be recompiled on each call. I've extracted these to constants in the appropriate class to ensure they are only compiled once. In one case there was a regex being used to check for digits, which I've replaced with a simple non-regex based function which should be less complex.

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  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
  • Refactoring (no changes to public API)

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  • I have updated the documentation accordingly.
  • I have added tests to cover my changes.
  • All new and existing tests passed. (tested with bazel test //java/... --test_size_filters=small)

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Potential Bug

The matcher variable is now initialized outside the if statement but only assigned within the if block. This could lead to a NullPointerException if the matcher doesn't match the pattern.

final Matcher matcher = VERSION_PATTERN.matcher(version);
if (matcher.matches()) {
Matcher Reassignment

The matcher variable is reassigned in the condition of the else-if statement, which could make the code harder to understand and maintain. Consider using a separate matcher variable.

} else if ((matcher = LINUX_DEVICE_MAPPING_WITH_PERMISSIONS.matcher(deviceMappingDefined))
    .matches()) {
Performance Concern

The new isAllDigits method iterates through each character which could be inefficient for long strings. Consider using a regex or Character.isDigit with a loop that returns early.

private static boolean isAllDigits(final String input) {
  for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
    if (!Character.isDigit(input.charAt(i))) {
      return false;
    }
  }

  return !input.isEmpty();
}

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Possible issue
Fix variable name mismatch

The variable name min has been renamed to minor in the updated code, but the
assignment to current.minorVersion still uses the old variable name min. This
will cause a compilation error.

java/src/org/openqa/selenium/Platform.java [405-406]

 current.majorVersion = major;
-current.minorVersion = min;
+current.minorVersion = minor;
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Why: This suggestion fixes a critical issue where the variable name was changed from 'min' to 'minor' in the declaration but not in the assignment to current.minorVersion, which would cause a compilation error. This is a high-impact fix for a definite bug.

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Prevent potential IndexOutOfBoundsException

The code attempts to access the first character of line without checking if the
line is empty, which could lead to a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException. Add a
check to ensure the line is not empty before accessing its characters.

java/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/commands/InfoCommand.java [149-151]

-if (line.charAt(0) == '=') {
+if (!line.isEmpty() && line.charAt(0) == '=') {
   formattedText.append("\n");
 }
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Add null checks before accessing properties of parameters to prevent NullPointerExceptions

The isAllDigits method doesn't check if the input string is null before
accessing its properties, which could lead to a NullPointerException. Add a null
check at the beginning of the method to ensure safer null handling.

java/src/org/openqa/selenium/net/Urls.java [104-112]

 private static boolean isAllDigits(final String input) {
+  if (input == null) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  
   for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
     if (!Character.isDigit(input.charAt(i))) {
       return false;
     }
   }
 
   return !input.isEmpty();
 }
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General
Optimize empty string check

The method checks if the input is empty only after iterating through all
characters. This is inefficient and could lead to unnecessary iterations. Move
the empty check to the beginning of the method to handle this edge case first.

java/src/org/openqa/selenium/net/Urls.java [104-112]

 private static boolean isAllDigits(final String input) {
+  if (input.isEmpty()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  
   for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
     if (!Character.isDigit(input.charAt(i))) {
       return false;
     }
   }
   
-  return !input.isEmpty();
+  return true;
 }
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Thank you, @zodac

@diemol diemol merged commit 4abfeee into SeleniumHQ:trunk Jul 6, 2025
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