{"record":{"id":"99164884c017af77","repo":"hibernate/hibernate-orm","slug":"invalid-xml-element-name-passed-to-xmlelement","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Invalid XML element name passed to 'xmlelement()': %s","messagePattern":"Invalid XML element name passed to 'xmlelement\\(\\)': (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"FunctionArgumentException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/function/xml/XmlElementFunction.java","lineNumber":59,"sourceCode":"public class XmlElementFunction extends AbstractSqmSelfRenderingFunctionDescriptor {\n\n\tpublic XmlElementFunction(TypeConfiguration typeConfiguration) {\n\t\tsuper(\n\t\t\t\t\"xmlelement\",\n\t\t\t\tFunctionKind.NORMAL,\n\t\t\t\tStandardArgumentsValidators.composite(\n\t\t\t\t\t\tnew ArgumentTypesValidator( StandardArgumentsValidators.min( 1 ), STRING ),\n\t\t\t\t\t\tnew ArgumentsValidator() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t@Override\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpublic void validate(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tList<? extends SqmTypedNode<?>> arguments,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tString functionName,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBindingContext bindingContext) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t//noinspection unchecked\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfinal var literal = (SqmLiteral<String>) arguments.get( 0 );\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfinal String elementName = literal.getLiteralValue();\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif ( !XmlHelper.isValidXmlName( elementName ) ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthrow new FunctionArgumentException(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tString.format(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Invalid XML element name passed to 'xmlelement()': %s\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\telementName\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif ( arguments.size() > 1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&& arguments.get( 1 ) instanceof SqmXmlAttributesExpression attributesExpression ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfor ( var entry : attributesExpression.getAttributes().entrySet() ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif ( !XmlHelper.isValidXmlName( entry.getKey() ) ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthrow new FunctionArgumentException(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tString.format(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Invalid XML attribute name passed to 'xmlattributes()': %s\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentry.getKey()\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}","sourceCodeStart":41,"sourceCodeEnd":77,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/function/xml/XmlElementFunction.java#L41-L77","documentation":"Error \"Invalid XML element name passed to 'xmlelement()': %s\" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.","triggerScenarios":"Triggered when the application calls a Hibernate dialect feature that the configured database dialect cannot provide: Invalid XML element name passed to 'xmlelement()'.","commonSituations":"Common when running against a database whose dialect lacks this capability, when a mapping or HQL/Criteria query requests unsupported functionality, or when the wrong dialect is configured for the database in use. Error: Invalid XML element name passed to 'xmlelement()'.","solutions":["Use a valid XML element name (no spaces or invalid characters)."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-22T04:13:57.527Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-22T09:17:25.309Z"}