OpenAPITools/openapi-generator · error · IllegalArgumentException

Invalid model property naming '{name}'. Must be 'original',

Error message

Invalid model property naming '{name}'. Must be 'original', 'camelCase', 'PascalCase' or 'snake_case'

What it means

Error "Invalid model property naming '{name}'. Must be 'original', 'camelCase', 'PascalCase' or 'snake_case'" thrown in OpenAPITools/openapi-generator.

Source

Thrown at modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/AbstractTypeScriptClientCodegen.java:930

                        name + "'. Must be 'original', 'camelCase', " +
                        "'PascalCase' or 'snake_case'");
        }

    }

    private String getNameUsingModelPropertyNaming(String name) {
        switch (getModelPropertyNaming()) {
            case original:
                additionalProperties.put("modelPropertyNamingOriginal", true);
                return name;
            case camelCase:
                return camelize(name, LOWERCASE_FIRST_LETTER);
            case PascalCase:
                return camelize(name);
            case snake_case:
                return underscore(name);
            default:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid model property naming '" +
                        name + "'. Must be 'original', 'camelCase', " +
                        "'PascalCase' or 'snake_case'");
        }

    }

    @Override
    public String toEnumValue(String value, String datatype) {
        if ("number".equals(datatype) || "boolean".equals(datatype)) {
            return value;
        } else {
            return "'" + escapeText(value) + "'";
        }
    }

    @Override
    public String toEnumDefaultValue(String value, String datatype) {
        return datatype + "_" + value;

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Solutions

1. Set modelPropertyNaming to one of 'original', 'camelCase', 'PascalCase' or 'snake_case'.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown when the 'modelPropertyNaming' option is set to a value other than 'original', 'camelCase', 'PascalCase' or 'snake_case' for a TypeScript client generator.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of OpenAPITools/openapi-generator@fcec517be3 (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ecc7e0ec0c00b68f. Report an issue: GitHub.