#1657 - ERROR BeanDescriptorManager - Error in deployment java.lang.RuntimeException: Expecting [ ... ] to start with "select"

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanDescriptorManager.java

@@ -433,7 +433,13 @@ public class BeanDescriptorManager implements BeanDescriptorMap {
 
     } else {
       for (XmRawSql sql : entityDeploy.getRawSql()) {
-        RawSqlBuilder builder = RawSqlBuilder.parse(sql.getQuery().getValue());
+        RawSqlBuilder builder;
+        try {
+          builder = RawSqlBuilder.parse(sql.getQuery().getValue());
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+          builder = RawSqlBuilder.unparsed(sql.getQuery().getValue());
+        }
+
         for (XmColumnMapping columnMapping : sql.getColumnMapping()) {
           builder.columnMapping(columnMapping.getColumn(), columnMapping.getProperty());
         }

src/test/java/org/tests/rawsql/TestRawSqlOrmQuery.java

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import io.ebean.RawSql;
 import io.ebean.RawSqlBuilder;
 import io.ebean.annotation.IgnorePlatform;
 import io.ebean.annotation.Platform;
-
 import org.ebeantest.LoggedSqlCollector;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -77,6 +76,19 @@ public class TestRawSqlOrmQuery extends BaseTestCase {
     assertThat(sql).contains("where o.status = ?  order by c.name, c.id");
   }
 
+  @IgnorePlatform(Platform.ORACLE)
+  @Test
+  public void testNamed_fromCustomXmlLocations_withComments() {
+
+    ResetBasicData.reset();
+
+    Query<Order> query = Ebean.createNamedQuery(Order.class, "myRawTest3");
+    query.setMaxRows(10);
+
+    List<Order> list = query.findList();
+    assertThat(list).isNotEmpty();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void test() {
 

src/test/resources/ebean-xml-mappings/OrderMapping.xml

@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@
         order by c.name, c.id
       </query>
     </raw-sql>
+
+    <raw-sql name="myRawTest3">
+      <column-mapping column="o.id" property="id"/>
+      <column-mapping column="o.status" property="status"/>
+      <query>
+        -- must be unparsed raw sql
+        select o.id, o.status
+        from o_order o
+      </query>
+    </raw-sql>
+
   </entity>
 
 </ebean>