fix for NumberFormatException exception during Criteria evaluation

Its incorrect to break entire path evaluation - other nodes should have their chance to be found by Criteria.

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Criteria.java

@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
 
         boolean leftNullish = isNullish(left);
         boolean rightNullish = isNullish(right);
+        BigDecimal bigDecimal;
 
         if (leftNullish && !rightNullish) {
             return -1;
@@ -965,12 +966,12 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         } else if (left instanceof String && right instanceof String) {
             String expected = unescape((String) left);
             return expected.compareTo((String) right);
-        } else if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
-            return new BigDecimal(left.toString()).compareTo(new BigDecimal(right.toString()));
         } else if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof BigDecimal) {
             return new BigDecimal(left.toString()).compareTo((BigDecimal)right);
-        } else if (left instanceof String && right instanceof Number) {
+        } else if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
             return new BigDecimal(left.toString()).compareTo(new BigDecimal(right.toString()));
+        } else if (left instanceof String && right instanceof Number && (bigDecimal = safeBigDecimal((String)left)) != null) {
+            return bigDecimal.compareTo(new BigDecimal(right.toString()));
         } else if (left instanceof String && right instanceof Boolean) {
             Boolean e = Boolean.valueOf((String) left);
             Boolean a = (Boolean) right;
@@ -988,6 +989,14 @@ public class Criteria implements Predicate {
         }
     }
 
+    private static BigDecimal safeBigDecimal(final String value) {
+        try {
+            return new BigDecimal(value);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException exc) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     private static boolean isNullish(Object o) {
         return (o == null || ((o instanceof String) && ("null".equals(o))));
     }

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InlineFilterTest.java

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.TestUtils.assertHasNoResults;
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.TestUtils.assertHasOneResult;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -163,4 +166,34 @@ public class InlineFilterTest extends BaseTest {
         assertThat(isNull).containsExactly(new Integer[]{});
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void equality_check_does_not_break_evaluation() {
+        assertHasOneResult("[{\"value\":\"5\"}]", "$[?(@.value=='5')]");
+        assertHasOneResult("[{\"value\":5}]", "$[?(@.value==5)]");
+
+        assertHasOneResult("[{\"value\":\"5.1.26\"}]", "$[?(@.value=='5.1.26')]");
+
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":\"5\"}]", "$[?(@.value=='5.1.26')]");
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":5}]", "$[?(@.value=='5.1.26')]");
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":5.1}]", "$[?(@.value=='5.1.26')]");
+
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":\"5.1.26\"}]", "$[?(@.value=='5')]");
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":\"5.1.26\"}]", "$[?(@.value==5)]");
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":\"5.1.26\"}]", "$[?(@.value==5.1)]");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void lt_check_does_not_break_evaluation() {
+        assertHasOneResult("[{\"value\":\"5\"}]", "$[?(@.value<'7')]");
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":\"7\"}]", "$[?(@.value<'5')]");
+
+        assertHasOneResult("[{\"value\":5}]", "$[?(@.value<7)]");
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":7}]", "$[?(@.value<5)]");
+
+        assertHasOneResult("[{\"value\":5}]", "$[?(@.value<7.1)]");
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":7}]", "$[?(@.value<5.1)]");
+
+        assertHasOneResult("[{\"value\":5.1}]", "$[?(@.value<7)]");
+        assertHasNoResults("[{\"value\":7.1}]", "$[?(@.value<5)]");
+    }
 }

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/TestUtils.java

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath.using;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 public final class TestUtils {
@@ -29,4 +32,33 @@ public final class TestUtils {
                 throw exc;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Assertion which requires empty list as a result of indefinite path search.
+     * @param json json to be parsed
+     * @param path path to be evaluated
+     */
+    public static void assertHasNoResults(final String json, final String path) {
+        assertHasResults(json, path, 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Assertion which requires list of one element as a result of indefinite path search.
+     * @param json json to be parsed
+     * @param path path to be evaluated
+     */
+    public static void assertHasOneResult(final String json, final String path) {
+        assertHasResults(json, path, 1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Shortcut for counting found nodes.
+     * @param json json to be parsed
+     * @param path path to be evaluated
+     * @param expectedResultCount expected number of nodes to be found
+     */
+    public static void assertHasResults(final String json, final String path, final int expectedResultCount) {
+        final List<Object> result = JsonPath.parse(json).read(path);
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(expectedResultCount);
+    }
 }