UriTemplate Parser interpret wildcards

I have uriTemplate like this

/{repository}/{id}/action/{methodName}/**

org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.util.UriUtils uses org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplate to get variables in findMappingVariable method

UriTemplate.Parser build pattern to this value

\Q/\E(.*)\Q/\E(.*)\Q/action/\E(.*)\Q/**\E

why not to this?

\\Q/\\E(.*)\\Q/\\E(.*)\\Q/action/\\E(.*)\\Q/\\E(.*)\\Q\\E

Because of this feature I have empty map there

Map<String, String> variables = new org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplate(mapping).match(lookupPath);

for this lookupPath

 /educationDistrict/308/action/resetAddressesForYear/1