private String[] makeStarsNull(String[] strings) {
        for (int i = 0; i < strings.length; i++)
            if (strings[i].equals("*"))
                strings[i] = null;
        return strings;
    }
Throws an exception if the name is not corresponding to the id
container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/query/profile/config/QueryProfileXMLReader.java