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+package com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.filter;
+
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration.Defaults;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Option;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JsonProvider;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.mapper.JacksonMappingProvider;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.mapper.MappingProvider;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class ValueNodeTest {
+
+   private static class TestDefaults implements Defaults {
+
+      TestDefaults() {}
+
+      @Override
+      public JsonProvider jsonProvider() {
+         return new JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider();
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public MappingProvider mappingProvider() {
+         return new JacksonMappingProvider();
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public Set<Option> options() {
+         return EnumSet.noneOf(Option.class);
+      }
+   }
+
+   private static final String JSON = "{\n" +
+         "    \"nodes\": {\n" +
+         "        \"unnamed1\": {\n" +
+         "            \"ntpServers\": [\n" +
+         "                \"1.2.3.4\"\n" +
+         "            ]\n" +
+         "        }\n" +
+         "    }\n" +
+         "}";
+
+   @Test
+   public void testOneNtpServer() throws Exception {
+      Configuration.setDefaults(new TestDefaults());
+      DocumentContext ctx = JsonPath.using(Configuration.defaultConfiguration()).parse(JSON);
+
+      String path = "$.nodes[*][?(!([\"1.2.3.4\"] subsetof @.ntpServers))].ntpServers";
+      JsonPath jsonPath = JsonPath.compile(path);
+
+      ctx.read(jsonPath);
+   }
+}
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