apache/maven · error

Expected TEXT, not XML: {}

Error message

Expected TEXT, not XML: {}

What it means

Error "Expected TEXT, not XML: {}" thrown in apache/maven.

Source

Thrown at compat/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sisu/plexus/PlexusXmlBeanConverter.java:234

    private Object parseBean(final MXParser parser, final TypeLiteral<?> toType, final Class<?> rawType)
            throws Exception {
        final Class<?> clazz = loadImplementation(parseImplementation(parser), rawType);

        // simple bean? assumes string constructor
        if (parser.next() == XmlPullParser.TEXT) {
            final String text = parser.getText();

            // confirm element doesn't contain nested XML
            if (parser.next() != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                return convertText(text, clazz == rawType ? toType : TypeLiteral.get(clazz));
            }
        }

        if (String.class == clazz) {
            // mimic plexus: discard any strings containing nested XML
            while (parser.getEventType() == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                final String pos = parser.getPositionDescription();
                Logs.warn("Expected TEXT, not XML: {}", pos, new Throwable());
                parser.skipSubTree();
                parser.nextTag();
            }
            return "";
        }

        final Object bean = newImplementation(clazz);

        // build map of all known bean properties belonging to the chosen implementation
        final Map<String, BeanProperty<Object>> propertyMap = new HashMap<>();
        for (final BeanProperty<Object> property : new BeanProperties(clazz)) {
            final String name = property.getName();
            if (!propertyMap.containsKey(name)) {
                propertyMap.put(name, property);
            }
        }

        while (parser.getEventType() == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at compat/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sisu/plexus/PlexusXmlBeanConverter.java:234 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of apache/maven@e4093d4e12 (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/35683bb29425685e. Report an issue: GitHub.