Azure Storage Queue in Java - Exception: JsonParseException: Unexpected character ('<' (code 60))

Question

I'm using a Java Azure Function to send messages to Azure Storage Queue. During local development I initialize QueueClient with Managed Identity. When I use sendMessage function it puts the message on Queue, but instantly after that the process crash with exception presented below. It seems to Azure SDK returns XML data as a result, which were expecting JSON. As Azure Storage Queue API sends its response in XML format and my Java program it trying to deserialize it as JSON, I don't know how to make it to treat the response as XML. Maybe there is a specific setting for It but I'm not sure.

How could I fix this issue and ensure that my function doesn't fail after receiving the response?

I run the code using Powershell command mvn clean package and then mvn azure-functions:run

Exception or Stack Trace

System.Private.CoreLib: Exception while executing function: Functions.ProcessorTechlogFile. System.Private.CoreLib: Result: Failure
Exception: JsonParseException: Unexpected character ('<' (code 60)): expected a valid value (JSON String, Number, Array, Object or token 'null', 'true' or 'false')
 at [Source: (byte[])"?<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><QueueMessagesList><QueueMessage><MessageId>cb2f7e34-387f-40c8-a3aa-742d4eb403e8</MessageId><InsertionTime>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:53:19 GMT</InsertionTime><ExpirationTime>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 13:53:19 GMT</ExpirationTime><PopReceipt>AgAAAAMAAAAAAAAAl2kxDhU02gE=</PopReceipt><TimeNextVisible>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:53:19 GMT</TimeNextVisible></QueueMessage></QueueMessagesList>"; line: 1, column: 5]
Stack: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.852Z]      at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.853Z]      at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.853Z]      at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.854Z]      at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.854Z]      at com.microsoft.azure.functions.worker.broker.JavaMethodInvokeInfo.invoke(JavaMethodInvokeInfo.java:22)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.854Z]      at com.microsoft.azure.functions.worker.broker.EnhancedJavaMethodExecutorImpl.execute(EnhancedJavaMethodExecutorImpl.java:22)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.855Z]      at com.microsoft.azure.functions.worker.chain.FunctionExecutionMiddleware.invoke(FunctionExecutionMiddleware.java:19)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.855Z]      at com.microsoft.azure.functions.worker.chain.InvocationChain.doNext(InvocationChain.java:21)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.856Z]      at com.microsoft.azure.functions.worker.broker.JavaFunctionBroker.invokeMethod(JavaFunctionBroker.java:125)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.856Z]      at com.microsoft.azure.functions.worker.handler.InvocationRequestHandler.execute(InvocationRequestHandler.java:34)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.856Z]      at com.microsoft.azure.functions.worker.handler.InvocationRequestHandler.execute(InvocationRequestHandler.java:10)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.857Z]      at com.microsoft.azure.functions.worker.handler.MessageHandler.handle(MessageHandler.java:44)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.857Z]      at com.microsoft.azure.functions.worker.JavaWorkerClient$StreamingMessagePeer.lambda$onNext$0(JavaWorkerClient.java:94)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.857Z]      at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.858Z]      at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.858Z]      at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.858Z]      at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.859Z]      at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:842)
[2023-12-21T13:53:19.859Z] Caused by: com.azure.core.exception.HttpResponseException: Deserialization Failed.

Code Snippet

DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder credentialBuilder = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder();
this.queueClient1 = new QueueClientBuilder()
          .endpoint("https://<QUEUE_NAME>.queue.core.windows.net")
          .queueName(this.STORAGE_ACCOUNT_OUTPUT_QUEUE_NAME + Integer.toString(0))
          .credential(credentialBuilder.build())
          .buildClient();
                
SendMessageResult response = queueClient1.sendMessage("Testing");

Expected behavior The sendMessage put the message on queue without crash.

Setup (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• IDE: Visual Studio Code
• Library/Libraries: [e.g. com.azure:azure-core:1.16.0 (groupId:artifactId:version)]
• Java version: 17
• App Server/Environment: Azure Function
• Dependencies:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-core</artifactId>
    <version>1.45.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-identity</artifactId>
    <version>1.10.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-storage</artifactId>
    <version>8.6.6</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-storage-blob</artifactId>
    <version>12.24.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-storage-queue</artifactId>
    <version>12.20.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-storage-common</artifactId>
    <version>12.24.0</version>
</dependency>

I try changing dependencies versions, but without good result. Beside that I don't know how to handle such issue.