diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/JakartaOroMatcher.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/JakartaOroMatcher.java
index dd38c1ee4..7d56c125a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/JakartaOroMatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/JakartaOroMatcher.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights 
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2003 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights 
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ public class JakartaOroMatcher implements RegexpMatcher {
         MatchResult mr = matcher.getMatch();
         int cnt = mr.groups();
         for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
-            v.addElement(mr.group(i));
+            String match = mr.group(i);
+            // treat non-matching groups as empty matches
+            if (match == null) {
+                match = "";
+            }
+            v.addElement(match);
         }
         return v;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/JakartaRegexpMatcher.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/JakartaRegexpMatcher.java
index 8c39ed2fe..1a4c52b26 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/JakartaRegexpMatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/JakartaRegexpMatcher.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights 
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2003 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights 
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -133,7 +133,12 @@ public class JakartaRegexpMatcher implements RegexpMatcher {
         Vector v = new Vector();
         int cnt = reg.getParenCount();
         for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
-            v.addElement(reg.getParen(i));
+            String match = reg.getParen(i);
+            // treat non-matching groups as empty matches
+            if (match == null) {
+                match = "";
+            }
+            v.addElement(match);
         }
         return v;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/Jdk14RegexpMatcher.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/Jdk14RegexpMatcher.java
index b1cc09432..7beba7464 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/Jdk14RegexpMatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/Jdk14RegexpMatcher.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2001-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights 
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights 
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ public class Jdk14RegexpMatcher implements RegexpMatcher {
         Vector v = new Vector();
         int cnt = matcher.groupCount();
         for (int i = 0; i <= cnt; i++) {
-            v.addElement(matcher.group(i));
+            String match = matcher.group(i);
+            // treat non-matching groups as empty matches
+            if (match == null) {
+                match = "";
+            }
+            v.addElement(match);
         }
         return v;
     }
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpMatcherTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpMatcherTest.java
index 639bee58e..52a557955 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpMatcherTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/util/regexp/RegexpMatcherTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2003 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ public abstract class RegexpMatcherTest extends TestCase {
         assertEquals("b", (String) v.elementAt(2));
     }
 
+    public void testBugzillaReport14619() {
+        reg.setPattern("^(.*)/src/((.*/)*)([a-zA-Z0-9_\\.]+)\\.java$");
+        Vector v = reg.getGroups("de/tom/src/Google.java");
+        assertEquals(5, v.size());
+        assertEquals("de/tom", v.elementAt(1));
+        assertEquals("", v.elementAt(2));
+        assertEquals("", v.elementAt(3));
+        assertEquals("Google", v.elementAt(4));
+    }
+
     public void testCaseInsensitiveMatch() {
         reg.setPattern("aaaa");
         assertTrue("aaaa doesn't match AAaa", !reg.matches("AAaa"));