Should fix #24

Author: johann-petrak

src/main/java/com/jpetrak/gate/stringannotation/extendedgazetteer/GazetteerBase.java

@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ void loadListFile(String listFileName, String majorType, String minorType,
       // All this only, if the separator is set at all
       if (unescapedSeparator != null) {
         int firstSepIndex = line.indexOf(unescapedSeparator);
-        if (firstSepIndex > -1) {
-          entry = line.substring(0, firstSepIndex);
+        if (firstSepIndex > -1) {          
+          entry = line.substring(0, firstSepIndex);          
           // split the rest of the line real fast
           int lastSepIndex = firstSepIndex;
           int nrFeatures = 0;
@@ -538,6 +538,12 @@ void loadListFile(String listFileName, String majorType, String minorType,
             if (nextSepIndex < 0) { // if none found, use beyond end of String
               nextSepIndex = line.length();
             }
+            // first of all, check if the field between the last and next seps is zero length, if yes
+            // just ignore it (see issue #24
+            if (nextSepIndex-lastSepIndex == 1) {
+              lastSepIndex = nextSepIndex;
+              continue;
+            }
             // find the first equals character in the string section for this feature
             int equalsIndex = line.indexOf('=', lastSepIndex + 1);
             //logger.info("lastSepIndex="+lastSepIndex+", nextSepIndex="+nextSepIndex+", equalsIndex="+equalsIndex);