Index: javax/swing/text/MaskFormatter.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/javax/swing/text/MaskFormatter.java,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 MaskFormatter.java
--- javax/swing/text/MaskFormatter.java	22 Nov 2005 19:11:51 -0000	1.1
+++ javax/swing/text/MaskFormatter.java	22 Nov 2005 19:38:18 -0000
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
               throw new ParseException ("Invalid character: "+resultChar, i);
             break;
           default:
-            if (!getValueContainsLiteralCharacters())
+            if (!getValueContainsLiteralCharacters() && convert)
               throw new ParseException ("Invalid character: "+resultChar, i);
             else if (resultChar != mask.charAt(j))
               throw new ParseException ("Invalid character: "+resultChar, i);