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Some user get an exception "An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0x1) was found in the element content of the document." after execution a Search in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 24-Apr-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 10.2 to 12.1

Description

  • Some user get an exception "An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0x1) was found in the element content of the document." after execution a Search
  • Several Users get the following exception after executing a Search
  • Error in MethodServer log
ERROR [ajp-nio-127.0.0.1-8010-exec-2] com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.controllers.SearchResultsController <username> - (wt.ixb.publicforhandlers.ixbResource/17) wt.ixb.publicforhandlers.LogHelper$IxbException: Problem parsing xml (line 1, column 198): An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0xb) was found in the element content of the document.
Nested exception is: wt.ixb.publicforhandlers.LogHelper$IxbException: Problem parsing xml (line 1, column 198): An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0xb) was found in the element content of the document.
wt.util.WTException: (wt.ixb.publicforhandlers.ixbResource/17) wt.ixb.publicforhandlers.LogHelper$IxbException: Problem parsing xml (line 1, column 198): An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0xb) was found in the element content of the document.
Nested exception is: (wt.ixb.publicforhandlers.ixbResource/17) wt.ixb.publicforhandlers.LogHelper$IxbException: Problem parsing xml (line 1, column 198): An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0xb) was found in the element content of the document.
    at wt.ixb.publicforhandlers.LogHelper.userError(LogHelper.java:249)
    at wt.ixb.impl.doc.IxbDomDocument.initialize(IxbDomDocument.java:181)
    at wt.ixb.impl.doc.IxbDomDocument.initialize(IxbDomDocument.java:127)
    at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.SavedSearchXMLUtils.getDocument(SavedSearchXMLUtils.java:134)
    at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.CriteriaComparator.compareCriteria(CriteriaComparator.java:88)
    at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.utils.SearchUtils.createHistory(SearchUtils.java:3354)
    at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.NmSearchCommands.createHistory(NmSearchCommands.java:1370)
    at com.ptc.netmarkets.search.NmSearchCommands.search(NmSearchCommands.java:1325)
    at com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.controllers.SearchResultsController.processRequest(SearchResultsController.java:98)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:190)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:138)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:105)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:878)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:792)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1040)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:943)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:909)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:652)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:733)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at de.innoface.wc.client.util.MethodServerFeedback.doFilter(MethodServerFeedback.java:184)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at wt.licenseusage.licensing.LicenseFilter.doFilter(LicenseFilter.java:47)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at com.ptc.core.ui.validation.URLValidationFilter.doFilter(URLValidationFilter.java:85)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at wt.httpgw.filter.WTContextBeanFilter.doWithWtContextBeanHandler(WTContextBeanFilter.java:104)
    at wt.httpgw.filter.WTContextBeanFilter.doFilter(WTContextBeanFilter.java:58)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at wt.servlet.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:301)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at wt.servlet.RequestInterrupter.doFilter(RequestInterrupter.java:335)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at wt.servlet.ServletRequestMonitor.doFilter(ServletRequestMonitor.java:1660)
    at wt.servlet.ServletRequestMonitorFilter.doFilter(ServletRequestMonitorFilter.java:56)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:199)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:543)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
    at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.service(AjpProcessor.java:524)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:818)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1636)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
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