From 89da67e08216922a2e8bdb8304debb689c12d454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Chou <88779759+ryanchou1994@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:07:16 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix nested object wildcard projections

---
 jmespath/parser.py             |  2 +-
 tests/compliance/wildcard.json | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/jmespath/parser.py b/jmespath/parser.py
index cc8e804e..52dcc220 100644
--- a/jmespath/parser.py
+++ b/jmespath/parser.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def _token_led_dot(self, left):
             # We're creating a projection.
             self._advance()
             right = self._parse_projection_rhs(
-                self.BINDING_POWER['dot'])
+                self.BINDING_POWER['star'])
             return ast.value_projection(left, right)
 
     def _token_led_pipe(self, left):
diff --git a/tests/compliance/wildcard.json b/tests/compliance/wildcard.json
index 3bcec302..aec6eafe 100644
--- a/tests/compliance/wildcard.json
+++ b/tests/compliance/wildcard.json
@@ -456,5 +456,88 @@
             "result": [0, 0]
          }
      ]
+},
+{
+    "given": {
+        "foo": {
+            "": {"bar": {"baz": 123}},
+            "regular": {"bar": {"baz": 123}},
+            "missing": {},
+            "nullvalue": {"bar": null}
+        }
+    },
+    "cases": [
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar.*",
+            "result": [[123], [123]]
+        },
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar.* | [0]",
+            "result": [123]
+        },
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar.*[]",
+            "result": [123, 123]
+        },
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar | *",
+            "result": null
+        },
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar.* || `false`",
+            "result": [[123], [123]]
+        }
+    ]
+},
+{
+    "given": {
+        "foo": {
+            "first": {"bar": {"second": {"baz": {"value": 123}}}}
+        }
+    },
+    "cases": [
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar.second.baz.value",
+            "result": [123]
+        },
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar.*.baz.*",
+            "result": [[[123]]]
+        }
+    ]
+},
+{
+    "given": {
+        "foo": {
+            "first": {
+                "bar": [{"baz": {"value": 123}}, {"baz": {"value": 456}}]
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "cases": [
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar[*].baz.*",
+            "result": [[[123], [456]]]
+        },
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar[*].baz.* | [0]",
+            "result": [[123], [456]]
+        },
+        {
+            "expression": "foo.*.bar[?baz].baz.*",
+            "result": [[[123], [456]]]
+        }
+    ]
+},
+{
+    "given": {
+        "foo": [{"bar": {"first": {"baz": {"value": 123}}}}]
+    },
+    "cases": [
+        {
+            "expression": "foo[*].bar.*.baz.*",
+            "result": [[[123]]]
+        }
+    ]
 }
 ]