Program: 16856
Project: 16856
Buggy source:
/** 
 * Parses the value content of a dict/key or a list/item element. The value is either text, a   {@code <dict>} element, or a {@code <list>} element.
 * @param xmlEventReader The XML element containing the values to parse.
 * @return An object containing the parsed values. If the source was a textvalue, the object is a  {@code String}. If the source was a   {@code <dict>}element, the object is a   {@code Record}. If the source was a  {@code <list>} element, the object is a {@code List} object.
 * @throws Exception on a streaming error.
 */
Object parseValue(XMLEventReader xmlEventReader) throws Exception {
  XMLEvent xmlEvent=xmlEventReader.nextEvent();
  if (xmlEvent.getEventType() == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
    String type=xmlEvent.asStartElement().getName().getLocalPart();
    if (type.equals("String_Node_Str"))     return parseDict(xmlEventReader);
 else     if (type.equals("String_Node_Str"))     return parseList(xmlEventReader);
 else     if (type.equals("String_Node_Str")) {
      return parseValue(xmlEventReader);
    }
 else     if (type.equals("String_Node_Str")) {
      xmlEvent=xmlEventReader.nextEvent();
      return xmlEvent.asCharacters().getData();
    }
  }
 else   if (xmlEvent.getEventType() == XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS) {
    String text=xmlEvent.asCharacters().getData();
    if (text.startsWith("String_Node_Str")) {
      XMLEvent xmlEvent2=xmlEventReader.peek();
      if (xmlEvent2.getEventType() == XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT) {
        return text.length() == 0 ? null : text;
      }
      return parseValue(xmlEventReader);
    }
 else {
      return text;
    }
  }
 else {
    xmlEventReader.nextEvent();
  }
  return null;
}

Fixed version (ground truth):
/** 
 * Parses the value content of a dict/key or a list/item element. The value is either text, a   {@code <dict>} element, or a {@code <list>} element.
 * @param xmlEventReader The XML element containing the values to parse.
 * @return An object containing the parsed values. If the source was a textvalue, the object is a  {@code String}. If the source was a   {@code <dict>}element, the object is a   {@code Record}. If the source was a  {@code <list>} element, the object is a {@code List} object.
 * @throws Exception on a streaming error.
 */
Object parseValue(XMLEventReader xmlEventReader) throws Exception {
  XMLEvent xmlEvent=xmlEventReader.nextEvent();
  if (xmlEvent.getEventType() == XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
    String type=xmlEvent.asStartElement().getName().getLocalPart();
    if (type.equals("String_Node_Str"))     return parseDict(xmlEventReader);
 else     if (type.equals("String_Node_Str"))     return parseList(xmlEventReader);
 else     if (type.equals("String_Node_Str")) {
      return parseValue(xmlEventReader);
    }
 else     if (type.equals("String_Node_Str")) {
      xmlEvent=xmlEventReader.nextEvent();
      return xmlEvent.asCharacters().getData();
    }
  }
 else   if (xmlEvent.getEventType() == XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS) {
    Characters characters=xmlEvent.asCharacters();
    if (characters.isWhiteSpace())     return parseValue(xmlEventReader);
    return characters.getData();
  }
 else {
    xmlEventReader.nextEvent();
  }
  return null;
}