Index: dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/CharacterLiteral.java
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RCS file: /home/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/CharacterLiteral.java,v
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -r1.31 CharacterLiteral.java
--- dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/CharacterLiteral.java	4 Apr 2005 17:35:08 -0000	1.31
+++ dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/CharacterLiteral.java	21 Sep 2005 01:26:43 -0000
@@ -265,22 +265,23 @@
 								throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal character literal");//$NON-NLS-1$
 							}
 							number = (number * 8) + Character.getNumericValue(nextChar);
-						}
-						nextChar = (char) scanner.getNextChar();
-						if (nextChar == -1) {
-							throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal character literal");//$NON-NLS-1$
-						}
-						if (nextChar != '\'') {
-							if (!Character.isDigit(nextChar)) {
+							nextChar = (char) scanner.getNextChar();
+							if (nextChar == -1) {
 								throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal character literal");//$NON-NLS-1$
 							}
-							number = (number * 8) + Character.getNumericValue(nextChar);
+							if (nextChar != '\'') {
+								if (!Character.isDigit(nextChar)) {
+									throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal character literal");//$NON-NLS-1$
+								}
+								number = (number * 8) + Character.getNumericValue(nextChar);
+							}
+							value = (char) number;
+						} else {
+							return (char) number;				
 						}
-						value = (char) number;
 					} else {
 						throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal character literal");//$NON-NLS-1$
 					}
-					break;
 			}
 			nextChar = (char) scanner.getNextChar();
 			if (nextChar == -1) {