raminqaf commented on code in PR #29341:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/29341#discussion_r4205081771


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docs/content.zh/docs/sql/reference/data-types.md:
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@@ -1545,6 +1546,137 @@ cases `TRY_PARSE_JSON` returns `NULL`.
 A `VARIANT` has no dedicated kind for these values. To keep one, store it as a 
JSON string and cast
 it back out, for example `CAST(CAST(PARSE_JSON('"Infinity"') AS STRING) AS 
FLOAT)`.
 
+The `PARSE_XML` function maps an XML document to an object with a single field 
named after the root
+element. For example:
+
+```sql
+-- 
{"book":{"#":{"price":[1,2],"title":0},"@pages":"320","price":["12.50","13.50"],"title":"Dune"}}
+PARSE_XML('<book 
pages="320"><title>Dune</title><price>12.50</price><price>13.50</price></book>')
+```
+
+Attributes become fields with an `@` prefix, and a child element that occurs 
more than once becomes
+an array. The `#` field records the order of the children, as described below. 
It can be ignored
+when reading fields.
+
+Values are strings, unless the document declares a type with `xsi:type`, see 
below. Since a cast
+from a `VARIANT` never parses a string, cast a value to `STRING` first and 
convert it with a regular
+cast:
+
+```sql
+CAST(v['book']['title'] AS STRING)                -- 'Dune'
+CAST(v['book']['price'][2] AS STRING)             -- '13.50'
+CAST(CAST(v['book']['@pages'] AS STRING) AS INT)  -- 320
+```
+
+Each element is mapped by the following rules:
+
+| XML input                                                           | Stored 
`VARIANT` value                       |
+|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

Review Comment:
   It is nice that we have detailed documentation, but I was wondering if the 
PARSE_XML should be explained in `data-types`.



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flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/functions/XmlFunctionsITCase.java:
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@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.planner.functions;
+
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.TableRuntimeException;
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.BuiltInFunctionDefinitions;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes.BOOLEAN;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes.DECIMAL;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes.INT;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes.STRING;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.$;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.call;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.jsonString;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.lit;
+import static org.apache.flink.table.api.Expressions.nullOf;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link BuiltInFunctionDefinitions#PARSE_XML} and {@link
+ * BuiltInFunctionDefinitions#TRY_PARSE_XML}.
+ *
+ * <p>The bulk of the XML mapping is covered by {@code XmlToVariantParserTest}.
+ */
+class XmlFunctionsITCase extends BuiltInFunctionTestBase {
+
+    private static final String BOOK =
+            "<book pages=\"320\">\n"
+                    + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                    + "  <price xsi:type=\"decimal\">12.50</price>\n"
+                    + "</book>";
+
+    private static final String BOOK_JSON =
+            "{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"price\":1,\"title\":0},"
+                    + "\"@pages\":\"320\",\"price\":12.5,\"title\":\"Dune\"}}";
+
+    private static final String BOOK_FORCE_ARRAY_JSON =
+            "{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"price\":[1],\"title\":[0]},"
+                    + 
"\"@pages\":\"320\",\"price\":[12.5],\"title\":[\"Dune\"]}}";
+
+    private static final String INVALID = "<book>";
+
+    private static final String EXTERNAL_ENTITY =
+            "<!DOCTYPE a [<!ENTITY e SYSTEM 
\"file:///etc/hosts\">]><a>&e;</a>";
+
+    @Override
+    Stream<TestSetSpec> getTestSetSpecs() {
+        return Stream.of(parseXmlSpec(), tryParseXmlSpec(), 
constantFoldingSpec());
+    }
+
+    private static TestSetSpec parseXmlSpec() {
+        return TestSetSpec.forFunction(BuiltInFunctionDefinitions.PARSE_XML)
+                .onFieldsWithData(BOOK, INVALID, EXTERNAL_ENTITY, true, null)
+                .andDataTypes(
+                        STRING().notNull(),
+                        STRING().notNull(),
+                        STRING().notNull(),
+                        BOOLEAN().notNull(),
+                        BOOLEAN())
+                .testResult(
+                        jsonString($("f0").parseXml()),
+                        "JSON_STRING(PARSE_XML(f0))",
+                        BOOK_JSON,
+                        STRING().notNull())
+                .testResult(
+                        jsonString($("f0").parseXml(false)),
+                        "JSON_STRING(PARSE_XML(f0, FALSE))",
+                        BOOK_JSON,
+                        STRING().notNull())
+                .testResult(
+                        jsonString($("f0").parseXml(true)),
+                        "JSON_STRING(PARSE_XML(f0, TRUE))",
+                        BOOK_FORCE_ARRAY_JSON,
+                        STRING().notNull())
+                .testResult(
+                        jsonString(call("PARSE_XML", $("f0"), $("f3"))),

Review Comment:
   Can we re-write this?
   ```suggestion
                           jsonString($("f0").parseXml($("f3"))),
   ```
   
   Also it makes it a bit easier for the tests to read if you just pass the 
`true` column directly as a literal. Same for the `null` column



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flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/XmlToVariantParserTest.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,534 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions;
+
+import org.apache.flink.types.variant.Variant;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments.arguments;
+
+/** Tests for {@link XmlToVariantParser}. */
+class XmlToVariantParserTest {
+
+    private final XmlToVariantParser parser = new XmlToVariantParser();
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Mapping
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("mappings")
+    void testMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> mappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("<title>Dune</title>", "{\"title\":\"Dune\"}"),
+                arguments("<title></title>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<title/>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n Dune\n</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"$\":\"Dune\",\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments("<book pages=\"320\"/>", 
"{\"book\":{\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Terry Pratchett</author>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Neil Gaiman</author>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"author\":[\"Terry Pratchett\",\"Neil 
Gaiman\"]}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n  <title>Dune</title>\n  
<price>12.5</price>\n</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"price\":1,\"title\":0},\"price\":\"12.5\",\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  and this is another text\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[0,2],\"title\":1},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"and this 
is another text\"],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <price>12.50</price>\n"
+                                + "  Text in between\n"
+                                + "  <price currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[1,3],\"price\":[2,4],\"title\":0},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"Text in 
between\"],"
+                                + "\"@pages\":\"320\","
+                                + 
"\"price\":[\"12.50\",{\"$\":\"13.50\",\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a><b><c>deep</c></b></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"b\":{\"c\":\"deep\"}}}"),
+                // Namespace prefixes and declarations are kept as written.
+                arguments(
+                        "<ns:a xmlns:ns=\"urn:ns\" xmlns=\"urn:default\" 
ns:id=\"1\">"
+                                + "<ns:b>x</ns:b></ns:a>",
+                        
"{\"ns:a\":{\"@ns:id\":\"1\",\"@xmlns\":\"urn:default\","
+                                + "\"@xmlns:ns\":\"urn:ns\",\"ns:b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                // Attribute values are not trimmed.
+                arguments("<a b=\" x \"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\" x \"}}"),
+                // CDATA is text, and it merges with the text around it.
+                arguments("<a><![CDATA[<b>&</b>]]></a>", 
"{\"a\":\"<b>&</b>\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>x<![CDATA[y]]>z</a>", "{\"a\":\"xyz\"}"),
+                // Comments and processing instructions are dropped, the text 
around them merges.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!-- c --><a>foo<!-- c 
-->bar<?pi x?></a><!-- c -->",
+                        "{\"a\":\"foobar\"}"),
+                // The input is a string, so an encoding declared in the 
document is ignored.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" 
encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?><a>\u00e4</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"\u00e4\"}"),
+                // Whitespace-only text is dropped, other text is trimmed of 
XML whitespace only.
+                arguments("<a>\n  <b>x</b>\n</a>", "{\"a\":{\"b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a> \t\r\n </a>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>\u00a0x\u00a0</a>", "{\"a\":\"\u00a0x\u00a0\"}"),
+                // Predefined entities and character references are expanded, 
in text and in
+                // attribute values.
+                arguments("<a>&lt;&gt;&amp;&apos;</a>", "{\"a\":\"<>&'\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>&#65;&#x42;</a>", "{\"a\":\"AB\"}"),
+                arguments("<a b=\"&lt;&#65;\"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\"<A\"}}"),
+                // Entities declared in the DTD are expanded.
+                arguments(
+                        "<!DOCTYPE a [<!ENTITY title 
\"Dune\">]><a>&title;</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"Dune\"}"));
+    }
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // XML Schema instance attributes
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("xsiMappings")
+    void testXsiMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> xsiMappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                // xsi:nil makes an element without other attributes null, and 
drops the content.
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"1\"></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\">x</a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"><b>x</b></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\" true \" xsi:type=\"int\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"Dog\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                // The declaration of the xsi prefix is dropped.
+                arguments(
+                        "<root 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\";>"
+                                + "<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/></root>",
+                        "{\"root\":{\"a\":null}}"),
+                // xsi:nil that doesn't make the element null is kept, unless 
it is false.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\" 1 \" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"string\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        
"{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"yes\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"yes\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"TRUE\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"TRUE\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"false\">x</a>", "{\"a\":\"x\"}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"0\"/>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                // xsi:type types the text of an element with text but without 
child elements.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\">5</a>", "{\"a\":5}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"boolean\">true</a>", "{\"a\":true}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"decimal\">-1.23</a>", 
"{\"a\":-1.23}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<price xsi:type=\"decimal\" 
currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>",
+                        "{\"price\":{\"$\":13.5,\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}}"),
+                // xsi:type that doesn't type the text is kept.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\"></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"string\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a id=\"1\" xsi:type=\"string\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"int\">five</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"five\",\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"xs:token\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:type\":\"xs:token\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<animal xsi:type=\"Dog\" name=\"Rex\"/>",
+                        
"{\"animal\":{\"@name\":\"Rex\",\"@xsi:type\":\"Dog\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<shape 
xsi:type=\"Circle\"><radius>1</radius></shape>",
+                        
"{\"shape\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"Circle\",\"radius\":\"1\"}}"),
+                // Other xsi: attributes are regular attributes.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"; "
+                                + "xsi:schemaLocation=\"urn:a a.xsd\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:schemaLocation\":\"urn:a 
a.xsd\"}}"));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource("typedValues")
+    void testXsiType(String xsiType, String text, Variant.Type expectedType, 
Object expectedValue) {
+        final Variant value = parseTyped(xsiType, text);
+        assertThat(value.getType()).isEqualTo(expectedType);
+        if (expectedValue instanceof BigDecimal) {
+            assertThat(value.getDecimal()).isEqualByComparingTo((BigDecimal) 
expectedValue);
+        } else {
+            assertThat(value.get()).isEqualTo(expectedValue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> typedValues() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("string", "5", Variant.Type.STRING, "5"),
+                arguments("boolean", "true", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "false", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("boolean", "1", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "0", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("byte", "-128", Variant.Type.TINYINT, (byte) -128),
+                arguments("short", "32767", Variant.Type.SMALLINT, (short) 
32767),
+                arguments("int", "+5", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("int", " 5 ", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("long", "9223372036854775807", Variant.Type.BIGINT, 
Long.MAX_VALUE),
+                arguments(
+                        "integer",
+                        "123456789012345678901234567890",
+                        Variant.Type.DECIMAL,
+                        new BigDecimal("123456789012345678901234567890")),
+                arguments("decimal", "12.50", Variant.Type.DECIMAL, new 
BigDecimal("12.50")),
+                arguments("decimal", ".5", Variant.Type.DECIMAL, new 
BigDecimal("0.5")),
+                arguments("float", "1.5", Variant.Type.FLOAT, 1.5f),
+                arguments("double", "1.5E3", Variant.Type.DOUBLE, 1500.0),
+                arguments("double", "-.5e+2", Variant.Type.DOUBLE, -50.0),
+                arguments("date", "2026-09-23", Variant.Type.DATE, 
LocalDate.of(2026, 9, 23)),
+                arguments(
+                        "time",
+                        "12:30:45.123456",
+                        Variant.Type.TIME,
+                        LocalTime.of(12, 30, 45, 123_456_000)),
+                // Precision that doesn't fit is dropped, like in a cast.
+                arguments(
+                        "time",
+                        "12:30:45.123456789",
+                        Variant.Type.TIME,
+                        LocalTime.of(12, 30, 45, 123_456_000)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2300-01-01T00:00:00.000000001",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2300, 1, 1, 0, 0)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2026, 9, 23, 12, 30, 45)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_NS,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2026, 9, 23, 12, 30, 45, 
123_456_789)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45Z",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T12:30:45Z")),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.5+02:00",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T10:30:45.5Z")),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789Z",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ_NS,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789Z")),
+                // Types are matched by their local part.
+                arguments("xs:int", "5", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("xsd:int", "5", Variant.Type.INT, 5));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource({"untypedValues", "invalidLexicalForms"})
+    void testXsiTypeThatDoesNotApply(String xsiType, String text) {
+        final Variant value = parseTyped(xsiType, text);
+        assertThat(value.getField("$").getString()).isEqualTo(text);
+        assertThat(value.getField("@xsi:type").getString()).isEqualTo(xsiType);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> untypedValues() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("boolean", "yes"),
+                arguments("boolean", "TRUE"),
+                arguments("byte", "128"),
+                arguments("int", "5.0"),
+                arguments("integer", "1.5"),
+                // Longer numbers are not typed.
+                arguments("integer", "1" + "0".repeat(1000)),
+                arguments("decimal", "1e99999"),
+                arguments("decimal", 
"1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"),
+                arguments("float", "1e50"),
+                arguments("float", "INF"),
+                arguments("double", "1e99999"),
+                arguments("double", "NaN"),
+                arguments("double", "Infinity"),
+                arguments("date", "2026-02-30"),
+                arguments("date", "2026-09-23Z"),
+                arguments("time", "12:30:45Z"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23"),
+                // Valid in XML Schema, but rejected by the Java parsers.
+                arguments("date", "10000-01-01"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "10000-01-01T00:00:00"),
+                arguments("time", "24:00:00"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23T24:00:00"),
+                arguments("anyURI", "urn:x"),
+                arguments("Int", "5"));
+    }
+
+    /** Values that the Java parsers accept, but XML Schema doesn't. */
+    static Stream<Arguments> invalidLexicalForms() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("float", "1f"),
+                arguments("float", "1.5F"),
+                arguments("float", "1d"),
+                arguments("double", "1.5D"),
+                arguments("float", "0x1.8p1"),
+                arguments("double", "0x1.8p1"),
+                // Digits from other scripts: Arabic-Indic three, and 
fullwidth one and two.
+                arguments("int", "\u0663"), // ٣
+                arguments("long", "\uff11\uff12"), // 12
+                arguments("integer", "\u0663"), // ٣
+                arguments("decimal", "\u0663"), // ٣
+                arguments("decimal", "1e5"),
+                arguments("time", "12:30"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23T12:30"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23t12:30:00"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23T12:30:00z"),
+                arguments("dateTime", 
"2026-09-23T12:30:00+01:00[Europe/Paris]"));
+    }
+
+    // The XML Schema validator of the JDK is the reference for which values 
are valid. It
+    // implements
+    // XML Schema 1.0, so values that only 1.1 allows, like the year 0000, 
can't be typed values
+    // here.
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource("typedValues")
+    void testTypedValuesAreValidInXmlSchema(String xsiType, String text) 
throws Exception {
+        assertThat(isValidInXmlSchema(xsiType, text)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource("invalidLexicalForms")
+    void testInvalidLexicalFormsAreInvalidInXmlSchema(String xsiType, String 
text)
+            throws Exception {
+        assertThat(isValidInXmlSchema(xsiType, text)).isFalse();
+    }

Review Comment:
   Should we use `CsvSource` instead?



##########
flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/XmlToVariantParserTest.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,534 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions;
+
+import org.apache.flink.types.variant.Variant;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments.arguments;
+
+/** Tests for {@link XmlToVariantParser}. */
+class XmlToVariantParserTest {
+
+    private final XmlToVariantParser parser = new XmlToVariantParser();
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Mapping
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("mappings")
+    void testMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> mappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("<title>Dune</title>", "{\"title\":\"Dune\"}"),
+                arguments("<title></title>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<title/>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n Dune\n</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"$\":\"Dune\",\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments("<book pages=\"320\"/>", 
"{\"book\":{\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Terry Pratchett</author>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Neil Gaiman</author>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"author\":[\"Terry Pratchett\",\"Neil 
Gaiman\"]}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n  <title>Dune</title>\n  
<price>12.5</price>\n</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"price\":1,\"title\":0},\"price\":\"12.5\",\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  and this is another text\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[0,2],\"title\":1},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"and this 
is another text\"],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <price>12.50</price>\n"
+                                + "  Text in between\n"
+                                + "  <price currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[1,3],\"price\":[2,4],\"title\":0},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"Text in 
between\"],"
+                                + "\"@pages\":\"320\","
+                                + 
"\"price\":[\"12.50\",{\"$\":\"13.50\",\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a><b><c>deep</c></b></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"b\":{\"c\":\"deep\"}}}"),
+                // Namespace prefixes and declarations are kept as written.
+                arguments(
+                        "<ns:a xmlns:ns=\"urn:ns\" xmlns=\"urn:default\" 
ns:id=\"1\">"
+                                + "<ns:b>x</ns:b></ns:a>",
+                        
"{\"ns:a\":{\"@ns:id\":\"1\",\"@xmlns\":\"urn:default\","
+                                + "\"@xmlns:ns\":\"urn:ns\",\"ns:b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                // Attribute values are not trimmed.
+                arguments("<a b=\" x \"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\" x \"}}"),
+                // CDATA is text, and it merges with the text around it.
+                arguments("<a><![CDATA[<b>&</b>]]></a>", 
"{\"a\":\"<b>&</b>\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>x<![CDATA[y]]>z</a>", "{\"a\":\"xyz\"}"),
+                // Comments and processing instructions are dropped, the text 
around them merges.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!-- c --><a>foo<!-- c 
-->bar<?pi x?></a><!-- c -->",
+                        "{\"a\":\"foobar\"}"),
+                // The input is a string, so an encoding declared in the 
document is ignored.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" 
encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?><a>\u00e4</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"\u00e4\"}"),
+                // Whitespace-only text is dropped, other text is trimmed of 
XML whitespace only.
+                arguments("<a>\n  <b>x</b>\n</a>", "{\"a\":{\"b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a> \t\r\n </a>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>\u00a0x\u00a0</a>", "{\"a\":\"\u00a0x\u00a0\"}"),
+                // Predefined entities and character references are expanded, 
in text and in
+                // attribute values.
+                arguments("<a>&lt;&gt;&amp;&apos;</a>", "{\"a\":\"<>&'\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>&#65;&#x42;</a>", "{\"a\":\"AB\"}"),
+                arguments("<a b=\"&lt;&#65;\"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\"<A\"}}"),
+                // Entities declared in the DTD are expanded.
+                arguments(
+                        "<!DOCTYPE a [<!ENTITY title 
\"Dune\">]><a>&title;</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"Dune\"}"));
+    }
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // XML Schema instance attributes
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("xsiMappings")
+    void testXsiMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> xsiMappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                // xsi:nil makes an element without other attributes null, and 
drops the content.
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"1\"></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\">x</a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"><b>x</b></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\" true \" xsi:type=\"int\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"Dog\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                // The declaration of the xsi prefix is dropped.
+                arguments(
+                        "<root 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\";>"
+                                + "<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/></root>",
+                        "{\"root\":{\"a\":null}}"),
+                // xsi:nil that doesn't make the element null is kept, unless 
it is false.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\" 1 \" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"string\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        
"{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"yes\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"yes\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"TRUE\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"TRUE\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"false\">x</a>", "{\"a\":\"x\"}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"0\"/>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                // xsi:type types the text of an element with text but without 
child elements.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\">5</a>", "{\"a\":5}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"boolean\">true</a>", "{\"a\":true}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"decimal\">-1.23</a>", 
"{\"a\":-1.23}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<price xsi:type=\"decimal\" 
currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>",
+                        "{\"price\":{\"$\":13.5,\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}}"),
+                // xsi:type that doesn't type the text is kept.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\"></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"string\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a id=\"1\" xsi:type=\"string\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"int\">five</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"five\",\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"xs:token\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:type\":\"xs:token\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<animal xsi:type=\"Dog\" name=\"Rex\"/>",
+                        
"{\"animal\":{\"@name\":\"Rex\",\"@xsi:type\":\"Dog\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<shape 
xsi:type=\"Circle\"><radius>1</radius></shape>",
+                        
"{\"shape\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"Circle\",\"radius\":\"1\"}}"),
+                // Other xsi: attributes are regular attributes.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"; "
+                                + "xsi:schemaLocation=\"urn:a a.xsd\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:schemaLocation\":\"urn:a 
a.xsd\"}}"));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource("typedValues")
+    void testXsiType(String xsiType, String text, Variant.Type expectedType, 
Object expectedValue) {
+        final Variant value = parseTyped(xsiType, text);
+        assertThat(value.getType()).isEqualTo(expectedType);
+        if (expectedValue instanceof BigDecimal) {
+            assertThat(value.getDecimal()).isEqualByComparingTo((BigDecimal) 
expectedValue);
+        } else {
+            assertThat(value.get()).isEqualTo(expectedValue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> typedValues() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("string", "5", Variant.Type.STRING, "5"),
+                arguments("boolean", "true", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "false", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("boolean", "1", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "0", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("byte", "-128", Variant.Type.TINYINT, (byte) -128),
+                arguments("short", "32767", Variant.Type.SMALLINT, (short) 
32767),
+                arguments("int", "+5", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("int", " 5 ", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("long", "9223372036854775807", Variant.Type.BIGINT, 
Long.MAX_VALUE),
+                arguments(
+                        "integer",
+                        "123456789012345678901234567890",
+                        Variant.Type.DECIMAL,
+                        new BigDecimal("123456789012345678901234567890")),
+                arguments("decimal", "12.50", Variant.Type.DECIMAL, new 
BigDecimal("12.50")),
+                arguments("decimal", ".5", Variant.Type.DECIMAL, new 
BigDecimal("0.5")),
+                arguments("float", "1.5", Variant.Type.FLOAT, 1.5f),
+                arguments("double", "1.5E3", Variant.Type.DOUBLE, 1500.0),
+                arguments("double", "-.5e+2", Variant.Type.DOUBLE, -50.0),
+                arguments("date", "2026-09-23", Variant.Type.DATE, 
LocalDate.of(2026, 9, 23)),
+                arguments(
+                        "time",
+                        "12:30:45.123456",
+                        Variant.Type.TIME,
+                        LocalTime.of(12, 30, 45, 123_456_000)),
+                // Precision that doesn't fit is dropped, like in a cast.
+                arguments(
+                        "time",
+                        "12:30:45.123456789",
+                        Variant.Type.TIME,
+                        LocalTime.of(12, 30, 45, 123_456_000)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2300-01-01T00:00:00.000000001",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2300, 1, 1, 0, 0)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2026, 9, 23, 12, 30, 45)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_NS,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2026, 9, 23, 12, 30, 45, 
123_456_789)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45Z",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T12:30:45Z")),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.5+02:00",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T10:30:45.5Z")),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789Z",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ_NS,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789Z")),
+                // Types are matched by their local part.
+                arguments("xs:int", "5", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("xsd:int", "5", Variant.Type.INT, 5));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource({"untypedValues", "invalidLexicalForms"})
+    void testXsiTypeThatDoesNotApply(String xsiType, String text) {
+        final Variant value = parseTyped(xsiType, text);
+        assertThat(value.getField("$").getString()).isEqualTo(text);
+        assertThat(value.getField("@xsi:type").getString()).isEqualTo(xsiType);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> untypedValues() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("boolean", "yes"),
+                arguments("boolean", "TRUE"),
+                arguments("byte", "128"),
+                arguments("int", "5.0"),
+                arguments("integer", "1.5"),
+                // Longer numbers are not typed.
+                arguments("integer", "1" + "0".repeat(1000)),
+                arguments("decimal", "1e99999"),
+                arguments("decimal", 
"1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"),
+                arguments("float", "1e50"),
+                arguments("float", "INF"),
+                arguments("double", "1e99999"),
+                arguments("double", "NaN"),
+                arguments("double", "Infinity"),
+                arguments("date", "2026-02-30"),
+                arguments("date", "2026-09-23Z"),
+                arguments("time", "12:30:45Z"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23"),
+                // Valid in XML Schema, but rejected by the Java parsers.
+                arguments("date", "10000-01-01"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "10000-01-01T00:00:00"),
+                arguments("time", "24:00:00"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23T24:00:00"),
+                arguments("anyURI", "urn:x"),
+                arguments("Int", "5"));
+    }
+
+    /** Values that the Java parsers accept, but XML Schema doesn't. */
+    static Stream<Arguments> invalidLexicalForms() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("float", "1f"),
+                arguments("float", "1.5F"),
+                arguments("float", "1d"),
+                arguments("double", "1.5D"),
+                arguments("float", "0x1.8p1"),
+                arguments("double", "0x1.8p1"),
+                // Digits from other scripts: Arabic-Indic three, and 
fullwidth one and two.
+                arguments("int", "\u0663"), // ٣
+                arguments("long", "\uff11\uff12"), // 12
+                arguments("integer", "\u0663"), // ٣
+                arguments("decimal", "\u0663"), // ٣
+                arguments("decimal", "1e5"),
+                arguments("time", "12:30"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23T12:30"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23t12:30:00"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23T12:30:00z"),
+                arguments("dateTime", 
"2026-09-23T12:30:00+01:00[Europe/Paris]"));
+    }
+
+    // The XML Schema validator of the JDK is the reference for which values 
are valid. It
+    // implements
+    // XML Schema 1.0, so values that only 1.1 allows, like the year 0000, 
can't be typed values
+    // here.
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource("typedValues")
+    void testTypedValuesAreValidInXmlSchema(String xsiType, String text) 
throws Exception {
+        assertThat(isValidInXmlSchema(xsiType, text)).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource("invalidLexicalForms")
+    void testInvalidLexicalFormsAreInvalidInXmlSchema(String xsiType, String 
text)
+            throws Exception {
+        assertThat(isValidInXmlSchema(xsiType, text)).isFalse();
+    }
+
+    /** The validator checks the text against the xsi:type of the element, 
without a schema. */
+    private static boolean isValidInXmlSchema(String xsiType, String text) 
throws Exception {
+        final String xml =
+                String.format(
+                        "<a 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"";
+                                + " 
xmlns:xs=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"";
+                                + " 
xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"";
+                                + " xsi:type=\"%s\">%s</a>",
+                        xsiType.contains(":") ? xsiType : "xs:" + xsiType, 
text);
+        try {
+            SchemaFactory.newDefaultInstance()
+                    .newSchema()
+                    .newValidator()
+                    .validate(new StreamSource(new StringReader(xml)));
+            return true;
+        } catch (SAXException e) {
+            // Any other error, e.g. an unknown type, is a mistake in the test.
+            if (!e.getMessage().startsWith("cvc-datatype-valid")) {
+                throw e;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Variant parseTyped(String xsiType, String text) {
+        return parser.parse(String.format("<a xsi:type=\"%s\">%s</a>", 
xsiType, text), false)
+                .getField("a");
+    }
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // forceArray
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Review Comment:
   Use `@Nested` to separate tests from each other. You can then move each 
helper that is specific to that test family into the nested class



##########
flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/SqlXmlUtilsTest.java:
##########


Review Comment:
   How useful are these test? Should we keep them? I think we have enough tests 
that cover these logics



##########
flink-table/flink-table-api-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/api/internal/BaseExpressions.java:
##########
@@ -1420,6 +1422,51 @@ public OutType tryParseJson(boolean allowDuplicateKeys) {
                 unresolvedCall(TRY_PARSE_JSON, toExpr(), 
valueLiteral(allowDuplicateKeys)));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses an XML string into a value of type {@link DataTypes#VARIANT()}. 
If the XML string is
+     * invalid, an error is thrown. To return {@code NULL} instead of an 
error, use {@link
+     * #tryParseXml()}.
+     *
+     * <p>This is a shortcut for {@code parseXml(false)}. See {@link 
#parseXml(boolean)}.
+     */
+    public OutType parseXml() {
+        return toApiSpecificExpression(unresolvedCall(PARSE_XML, 
objectToExpression(toExpr())));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses an XML string into a value of type {@link DataTypes#VARIANT()}. 
If the XML string is
+     * invalid, an error is thrown. To return {@code NULL} instead of an 
error, use {@link
+     * #tryParseXml(boolean)}.
+     *
+     * <p>If {@code forceArray} is {@code true}, every child element is stored 
as an array, even if

Review Comment:
   The Javadoc and the Python docstring only mention child elements. With 
`force_array`, the text and the `#` positions become arrays too. Could you use 
the wording from the SQL docs?



##########
flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/XmlToVariantParserTest.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,534 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions;
+
+import org.apache.flink.types.variant.Variant;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments.arguments;
+
+/** Tests for {@link XmlToVariantParser}. */
+class XmlToVariantParserTest {
+
+    private final XmlToVariantParser parser = new XmlToVariantParser();
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Mapping
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("mappings")
+    void testMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> mappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("<title>Dune</title>", "{\"title\":\"Dune\"}"),
+                arguments("<title></title>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<title/>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n Dune\n</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"$\":\"Dune\",\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments("<book pages=\"320\"/>", 
"{\"book\":{\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Terry Pratchett</author>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Neil Gaiman</author>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"author\":[\"Terry Pratchett\",\"Neil 
Gaiman\"]}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n  <title>Dune</title>\n  
<price>12.5</price>\n</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"price\":1,\"title\":0},\"price\":\"12.5\",\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  and this is another text\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[0,2],\"title\":1},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"and this 
is another text\"],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <price>12.50</price>\n"
+                                + "  Text in between\n"
+                                + "  <price currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[1,3],\"price\":[2,4],\"title\":0},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"Text in 
between\"],"
+                                + "\"@pages\":\"320\","
+                                + 
"\"price\":[\"12.50\",{\"$\":\"13.50\",\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a><b><c>deep</c></b></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"b\":{\"c\":\"deep\"}}}"),
+                // Namespace prefixes and declarations are kept as written.
+                arguments(
+                        "<ns:a xmlns:ns=\"urn:ns\" xmlns=\"urn:default\" 
ns:id=\"1\">"
+                                + "<ns:b>x</ns:b></ns:a>",
+                        
"{\"ns:a\":{\"@ns:id\":\"1\",\"@xmlns\":\"urn:default\","
+                                + "\"@xmlns:ns\":\"urn:ns\",\"ns:b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                // Attribute values are not trimmed.
+                arguments("<a b=\" x \"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\" x \"}}"),
+                // CDATA is text, and it merges with the text around it.
+                arguments("<a><![CDATA[<b>&</b>]]></a>", 
"{\"a\":\"<b>&</b>\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>x<![CDATA[y]]>z</a>", "{\"a\":\"xyz\"}"),
+                // Comments and processing instructions are dropped, the text 
around them merges.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!-- c --><a>foo<!-- c 
-->bar<?pi x?></a><!-- c -->",
+                        "{\"a\":\"foobar\"}"),
+                // The input is a string, so an encoding declared in the 
document is ignored.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" 
encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?><a>\u00e4</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"\u00e4\"}"),
+                // Whitespace-only text is dropped, other text is trimmed of 
XML whitespace only.
+                arguments("<a>\n  <b>x</b>\n</a>", "{\"a\":{\"b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a> \t\r\n </a>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>\u00a0x\u00a0</a>", "{\"a\":\"\u00a0x\u00a0\"}"),
+                // Predefined entities and character references are expanded, 
in text and in
+                // attribute values.
+                arguments("<a>&lt;&gt;&amp;&apos;</a>", "{\"a\":\"<>&'\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>&#65;&#x42;</a>", "{\"a\":\"AB\"}"),
+                arguments("<a b=\"&lt;&#65;\"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\"<A\"}}"),
+                // Entities declared in the DTD are expanded.
+                arguments(
+                        "<!DOCTYPE a [<!ENTITY title 
\"Dune\">]><a>&title;</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"Dune\"}"));
+    }
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // XML Schema instance attributes
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("xsiMappings")
+    void testXsiMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> xsiMappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                // xsi:nil makes an element without other attributes null, and 
drops the content.
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"1\"></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\">x</a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"><b>x</b></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\" true \" xsi:type=\"int\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"Dog\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                // The declaration of the xsi prefix is dropped.
+                arguments(
+                        "<root 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\";>"
+                                + "<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/></root>",
+                        "{\"root\":{\"a\":null}}"),
+                // xsi:nil that doesn't make the element null is kept, unless 
it is false.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\" 1 \" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"string\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        
"{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"yes\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"yes\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"TRUE\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"TRUE\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"false\">x</a>", "{\"a\":\"x\"}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"0\"/>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                // xsi:type types the text of an element with text but without 
child elements.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\">5</a>", "{\"a\":5}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"boolean\">true</a>", "{\"a\":true}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"decimal\">-1.23</a>", 
"{\"a\":-1.23}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<price xsi:type=\"decimal\" 
currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>",
+                        "{\"price\":{\"$\":13.5,\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}}"),
+                // xsi:type that doesn't type the text is kept.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\"></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"string\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a id=\"1\" xsi:type=\"string\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"int\">five</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"five\",\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"xs:token\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:type\":\"xs:token\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<animal xsi:type=\"Dog\" name=\"Rex\"/>",
+                        
"{\"animal\":{\"@name\":\"Rex\",\"@xsi:type\":\"Dog\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<shape 
xsi:type=\"Circle\"><radius>1</radius></shape>",
+                        
"{\"shape\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"Circle\",\"radius\":\"1\"}}"),
+                // Other xsi: attributes are regular attributes.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"; "
+                                + "xsi:schemaLocation=\"urn:a a.xsd\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:schemaLocation\":\"urn:a 
a.xsd\"}}"));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource("typedValues")
+    void testXsiType(String xsiType, String text, Variant.Type expectedType, 
Object expectedValue) {
+        final Variant value = parseTyped(xsiType, text);
+        assertThat(value.getType()).isEqualTo(expectedType);
+        if (expectedValue instanceof BigDecimal) {
+            assertThat(value.getDecimal()).isEqualByComparingTo((BigDecimal) 
expectedValue);
+        } else {
+            assertThat(value.get()).isEqualTo(expectedValue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> typedValues() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("string", "5", Variant.Type.STRING, "5"),
+                arguments("boolean", "true", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "false", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("boolean", "1", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "0", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("byte", "-128", Variant.Type.TINYINT, (byte) -128),
+                arguments("short", "32767", Variant.Type.SMALLINT, (short) 
32767),
+                arguments("int", "+5", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("int", " 5 ", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("long", "9223372036854775807", Variant.Type.BIGINT, 
Long.MAX_VALUE),
+                arguments(
+                        "integer",
+                        "123456789012345678901234567890",
+                        Variant.Type.DECIMAL,
+                        new BigDecimal("123456789012345678901234567890")),
+                arguments("decimal", "12.50", Variant.Type.DECIMAL, new 
BigDecimal("12.50")),
+                arguments("decimal", ".5", Variant.Type.DECIMAL, new 
BigDecimal("0.5")),
+                arguments("float", "1.5", Variant.Type.FLOAT, 1.5f),
+                arguments("double", "1.5E3", Variant.Type.DOUBLE, 1500.0),
+                arguments("double", "-.5e+2", Variant.Type.DOUBLE, -50.0),
+                arguments("date", "2026-09-23", Variant.Type.DATE, 
LocalDate.of(2026, 9, 23)),
+                arguments(
+                        "time",
+                        "12:30:45.123456",
+                        Variant.Type.TIME,
+                        LocalTime.of(12, 30, 45, 123_456_000)),
+                // Precision that doesn't fit is dropped, like in a cast.
+                arguments(
+                        "time",
+                        "12:30:45.123456789",
+                        Variant.Type.TIME,
+                        LocalTime.of(12, 30, 45, 123_456_000)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2300-01-01T00:00:00.000000001",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2300, 1, 1, 0, 0)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2026, 9, 23, 12, 30, 45)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_NS,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2026, 9, 23, 12, 30, 45, 
123_456_789)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45Z",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T12:30:45Z")),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.5+02:00",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T10:30:45.5Z")),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789Z",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ_NS,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789Z")),
+                // Types are matched by their local part.
+                arguments("xs:int", "5", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("xsd:int", "5", Variant.Type.INT, 5));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource({"untypedValues", "invalidLexicalForms"})
+    void testXsiTypeThatDoesNotApply(String xsiType, String text) {
+        final Variant value = parseTyped(xsiType, text);
+        assertThat(value.getField("$").getString()).isEqualTo(text);
+        assertThat(value.getField("@xsi:type").getString()).isEqualTo(xsiType);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> untypedValues() {

Review Comment:
   The name is a bit misleading. They are actually typed as far as I can read



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flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/XmlToVariantParserTest.java:
##########
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions;
+
+import org.apache.flink.types.variant.Variant;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments.arguments;
+
+/** Tests for {@link XmlToVariantParser}. */
+class XmlToVariantParserTest {
+
+    private final XmlToVariantParser parser = new XmlToVariantParser();
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Mapping
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("mappings")
+    void testMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> mappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("<title>Dune</title>", "{\"title\":\"Dune\"}"),
+                arguments("<title></title>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<title/>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n Dune\n</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"$\":\"Dune\",\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments("<book pages=\"320\"/>", 
"{\"book\":{\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Terry Pratchett</author>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Neil Gaiman</author>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"author\":[\"Terry Pratchett\",\"Neil 
Gaiman\"]}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n  <title>Dune</title>\n  
<price>12.5</price>\n</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"price\":1,\"title\":0},\"price\":\"12.5\",\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  and this is another text\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[0,2],\"title\":1},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"and this 
is another text\"],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <price>12.50</price>\n"
+                                + "  Text in between\n"
+                                + "  <price currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[1,3],\"price\":[2,4],\"title\":0},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"Text in 
between\"],"
+                                + "\"@pages\":\"320\","
+                                + 
"\"price\":[\"12.50\",{\"$\":\"13.50\",\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a><b><c>deep</c></b></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"b\":{\"c\":\"deep\"}}}"),
+                // Namespace prefixes and declarations are kept as written.
+                arguments(
+                        "<ns:a xmlns:ns=\"urn:ns\" xmlns=\"urn:default\" 
ns:id=\"1\">"
+                                + "<ns:b>x</ns:b></ns:a>",
+                        
"{\"ns:a\":{\"@ns:id\":\"1\",\"@xmlns\":\"urn:default\","
+                                + "\"@xmlns:ns\":\"urn:ns\",\"ns:b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                // Attribute values are not trimmed.
+                arguments("<a b=\" x \"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\" x \"}}"),
+                // CDATA is text, and it merges with the text around it.
+                arguments("<a><![CDATA[<b>&</b>]]></a>", 
"{\"a\":\"<b>&</b>\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>x<![CDATA[y]]>z</a>", "{\"a\":\"xyz\"}"),
+                // Comments and processing instructions are dropped, the text 
around them merges.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!-- c --><a>foo<!-- c 
-->bar<?pi x?></a><!-- c -->",
+                        "{\"a\":\"foobar\"}"),
+                // The input is a string, so an encoding declared in the 
document is ignored.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" 
encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?><a>\u00e4</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"\u00e4\"}"),
+                // Whitespace-only text is dropped, other text is trimmed of 
XML whitespace only.
+                arguments("<a>\n  <b>x</b>\n</a>", "{\"a\":{\"b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a> \t\r\n </a>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>\u00a0x\u00a0</a>", "{\"a\":\"\u00a0x\u00a0\"}"),
+                // Predefined entities and character references are expanded, 
in text and in
+                // attribute values.
+                arguments("<a>&lt;&gt;&amp;&apos;</a>", "{\"a\":\"<>&'\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>&#65;&#x42;</a>", "{\"a\":\"AB\"}"),
+                arguments("<a b=\"&lt;&#65;\"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\"<A\"}}"),
+                // Entities declared in the DTD are expanded.
+                arguments(
+                        "<!DOCTYPE a [<!ENTITY title 
\"Dune\">]><a>&title;</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"Dune\"}"));
+    }
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // XML Schema instance attributes
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("xsiMappings")
+    void testXsiMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> xsiMappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                // xsi:nil makes an element without other attributes null, and 
drops the content.
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"1\"></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\">x</a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"><b>x</b></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\" true \" xsi:type=\"int\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"Dog\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                // The declaration of the xsi prefix is dropped.
+                arguments(
+                        "<root 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\";>"
+                                + "<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/></root>",
+                        "{\"root\":{\"a\":null}}"),
+                // xsi:nil that doesn't make the element null is kept, unless 
it is false.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\" 1 \" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"string\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        
"{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"yes\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"yes\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"TRUE\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"TRUE\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"false\">x</a>", "{\"a\":\"x\"}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"0\"/>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                // xsi:type types the text of an element with text but without 
child elements.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\">5</a>", "{\"a\":5}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"boolean\">true</a>", "{\"a\":true}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"decimal\">-1.23</a>", 
"{\"a\":-1.23}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<price xsi:type=\"decimal\" 
currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>",
+                        "{\"price\":{\"$\":13.5,\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}}"),
+                // xsi:type that doesn't type the text is kept.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\"></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"string\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a id=\"1\" xsi:type=\"string\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"int\">five</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"five\",\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"xs:token\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:type\":\"xs:token\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<animal xsi:type=\"Dog\" name=\"Rex\"/>",
+                        
"{\"animal\":{\"@name\":\"Rex\",\"@xsi:type\":\"Dog\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<shape 
xsi:type=\"Circle\"><radius>1</radius></shape>",
+                        
"{\"shape\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"Circle\",\"radius\":\"1\"}}"),
+                // Other xsi: attributes are regular attributes.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"; "
+                                + "xsi:schemaLocation=\"urn:a a.xsd\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:schemaLocation\":\"urn:a 
a.xsd\"}}"));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource("typedValues")
+    void testXsiType(String xsiType, String text, Variant.Type expectedType, 
Object expectedValue) {
+        final Variant value = parseTyped(xsiType, text);
+        assertThat(value.getType()).isEqualTo(expectedType);
+        if (expectedValue instanceof BigDecimal) {
+            assertThat(value.getDecimal()).isEqualByComparingTo((BigDecimal) 
expectedValue);
+        } else {
+            assertThat(value.get()).isEqualTo(expectedValue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> typedValues() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("string", "5", Variant.Type.STRING, "5"),
+                arguments("boolean", "true", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "false", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("boolean", "1", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "0", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("byte", "-128", Variant.Type.TINYINT, (byte) -128),
+                arguments("short", "32767", Variant.Type.SMALLINT, (short) 
32767),
+                arguments("int", "+5", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("int", " 5 ", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("long", "9223372036854775807", Variant.Type.BIGINT, 
Long.MAX_VALUE),
+                arguments(
+                        "integer",
+                        "123456789012345678901234567890",
+                        Variant.Type.DECIMAL,
+                        new BigDecimal("123456789012345678901234567890")),
+                arguments("decimal", "12.50", Variant.Type.DECIMAL, new 
BigDecimal("12.50")),

Review Comment:
   are these allowed? +0.0 or -0.0 



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flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/XmlToVariantParser.java:
##########
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
+import org.apache.flink.types.variant.BinaryVariantInternalBuilder;
+import org.apache.flink.types.variant.BinaryVariantInternalBuilder.FieldEntry;
+import org.apache.flink.types.variant.Variant;
+import org.apache.flink.types.variant.VariantTypeException;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.xml.XMLConstants;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.time.DateTimeException;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
+import java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import static java.util.Map.entry;
+import static 
org.apache.flink.types.variant.BinaryVariantInternalBuilder.toVariantDecimal;
+import static org.apache.flink.types.variant.BinaryVariantUtil.SIZE_LIMIT;
+import static 
org.apache.flink.types.variant.BinaryVariantUtil.microsSinceEpoch;
+import static org.apache.flink.types.variant.BinaryVariantUtil.nanosSinceEpoch;
+
+/**
+ * Parses XML into a {@link Variant} for {@code PARSE_XML} and {@code 
TRY_PARSE_XML}. The mapping is
+ * described in the documentation of the {@code VARIANT} data type.
+ *
+ * <p>Parsing has two steps. First, {@link #read} reads the document into a 
tree of {@link
+ * XmlElement}s, which group the children of each element by name and apply 
{@code xsi:nil} and
+ * {@code xsi:type}. Then, {@link #encode} writes the tree into a variant. The 
variant can't be
+ * written while reading, because the occurrences of a repeated child become 
one array, and they
+ * don't have to be next to each other in the document.
+ *
+ * <p>Instances are not thread-safe.
+ */
+@Internal
+public final class XmlToVariantParser {
+
+    private static final String ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX = "@";
+    private static final String TEXT_KEY = "$";
+    private static final String ORDER_KEY = "#";
+
+    private static final String XSI_NIL = "xsi:nil";
+    private static final String XSI_TYPE = "xsi:type";
+    private static final String XSI_NAMESPACE_DECLARATION = "xmlns:xsi";
+
+    private final XMLInputFactory inputFactory = createInputFactory();
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    Variant parse(String xml, boolean forceArray) {
+        return encode(read(xml), forceArray);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the document into the tree of its root element. Calls on the same 
document can share
+     * the tree, since {@link #encode} doesn't change it.
+     */
+    XmlElement read(String xml) {
+        try {
+            return readDocument(xml);
+        } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
+            // Only the message is kept, since the location of the exception 
is not serializable.
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static Variant encode(XmlElement root, boolean forceArray) {
+        return new VariantEncoder(forceArray).encodeDocument(root);
+    }
+
+    private static XMLInputFactory createInputFactory() {
+        // The JDK implementation, regardless of other StAX implementations on 
the classpath.
+        final XMLInputFactory factory = XMLInputFactory.newDefaultFactory();
+        factory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_NAMESPACE_AWARE, false);
+        factory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_COALESCING, true);
+        // Internal entities need DTD support. External entities are enabled 
only so that they
+        // reach the resolver and fail, instead of being dropped silently. The 
JDK refuses all
+        // protocols in case a load bypasses the resolver.
+        factory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.SUPPORT_DTD, true);
+        factory.setProperty(XMLInputFactory.IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES, 
true);
+        factory.setProperty(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD, "");
+        factory.setXMLResolver(
+                (publicId, systemId, baseUri, namespace) -> {
+                    throw new XMLStreamException(
+                            String.format(
+                                    "External entities and DTDs are not 
supported: %s", systemId));
+                });
+        // Set here, so that they don't depend on the JDK version or JVM-wide 
settings. Apart from
+        // the depth and the entity sizes, these are the defaults of JDK 11 to 
21.
+        // Each element can add an object and an array to the variant, so 500 
levels give at most
+        // the 1000 levels that PARSE_JSON allows.
+        setLimit(factory, "maxElementDepth", 500);
+        setLimit(factory, "entityExpansionLimit", 64_000);
+        setLimit(factory, "totalEntitySizeLimit", SIZE_LIMIT);
+        setLimit(factory, "maxGeneralEntitySizeLimit", SIZE_LIMIT);
+        setLimit(factory, "maxParameterEntitySizeLimit", 1_000_000);
+        setLimit(factory, "elementAttributeLimit", 10_000);
+        setLimit(factory, "maxXMLNameLimit", 1_000);
+        return factory;
+    }
+
+    private static void setLimit(XMLInputFactory factory, String limit, int 
value) {
+        factory.setProperty("http://www.oracle.com/xml/jaxp/properties/"; + 
limit, value);
+    }
+
+    private XmlElement readDocument(String xml) throws XMLStreamException {
+        final XMLStreamReader reader = inputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(new 
StringReader(xml));
+        try {
+            final String version = reader.getVersion();
+            if (!XmlVersion.isSupported(version)) {
+                throw new XMLStreamException(
+                        String.format("XML %s documents are not supported.", 
version));
+            }
+            while (reader.next() != XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT) {
+                // Skip the prolog.
+            }
+            final XmlElement root = readElement(reader);
+            // Lets the reader reject content after the root element.
+            while (reader.hasNext()) {
+                reader.next();
+            }
+            return root;
+        } finally {
+            reader.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static XmlElement readElement(XMLStreamReader reader) throws 
XMLStreamException {
+        final XmlElement element =
+                new XmlElement(qualifiedName(reader.getPrefix(), 
reader.getLocalName()));
+        readAttributes(reader, element);
+        final StringBuilder textRun = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int event = reader.next();
+                event != XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT;
+                event = reader.next()) {
+            switch (event) {
+                case XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT:
+                    // A child element ends the current text run.
+                    element.addTextRun(textRun);
+                    element.addChild(readElement(reader));
+                    break;
+                case XMLStreamConstants.CHARACTERS:
+                case XMLStreamConstants.CDATA:
+                case XMLStreamConstants.SPACE:
+                    textRun.append(reader.getText());
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    // Comments and processing instructions don't end the text 
run.
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+        element.addTextRun(textRun);
+        element.end();
+        return element;
+    }
+
+    private static void readAttributes(XMLStreamReader reader, XmlElement 
element) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < reader.getAttributeCount(); i++) {
+            element.addAttribute(
+                    qualifiedName(reader.getAttributePrefix(i), 
reader.getAttributeLocalName(i)),
+                    reader.getAttributeValue(i));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // The reader splits attribute names into prefix and local name, even if 
not namespace-aware.
+    private static String qualifiedName(@Nullable String prefix, String 
localName) {
+        return prefix == null || prefix.isEmpty() ? localName : prefix + ':' + 
localName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The XML versions that can be parsed. XML 1.1 isn't supported, since it 
allows characters that
+     * XML 1.0 can't represent, e.g. most control characters. Accepting only 
XML 1.0 keeps every
+     * result representable as XML 1.0.
+     */
+    private enum XmlVersion {
+        XML_1_0("1.0");
+
+        private final String version;
+
+        XmlVersion(String version) {
+            this.version = version;
+        }
+
+        /** A document without an XML declaration is XML 1.0. */
+        static boolean isSupported(@Nullable String version) {
+            return version == null
+                    || Arrays.stream(values())
+                            .anyMatch(supported -> 
supported.version.equals(version));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /** Parses the text of an element with {@code xsi:type}. */
+    private static final class XmlSchemaTypes {
+
+        // Parsing a BigDecimal is quadratic in the number of digits, and no 
value of the types
+        // below needs that many characters.
+        private static final int MAX_LENGTH = 1000;
+
+        // The lexical spaces of XML Schema 1.1. The Java parsers accept more, 
e.g. 1f for a float,
+        // non-ASCII digits, an exponent in a decimal, or a time without 
seconds.
+
+        // https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/#integer, which byte, short, 
int, and long inherit.
+        private static final Pattern INTEGER_FORM = 
Pattern.compile("[\\-+]?[0-9]+");
+        // https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/#decimal
+        private static final Pattern DECIMAL_FORM =
+                Pattern.compile("(\\+|-)?([0-9]+(\\.[0-9]*)?|\\.[0-9]+)");
+        // https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/#float, the same form as for 
double.
+        private static final Pattern FLOAT_FORM =
+                Pattern.compile(
+                        
"(\\+|-)?([0-9]+(\\.[0-9]*)?|\\.[0-9]+)([Ee](\\+|-)?[0-9]+)?|(\\+|-)?INF|NaN");
+        // https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/#date, without the time zone.
+        private static final String DATE_FORM =
+                
"-?([1-9][0-9]{3,}|0[0-9]{3})-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])";
+        // https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/#time, without the time zone.
+        private static final String TIME_FORM =
+                
"(([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9](\\.[0-9]+)?|(24:00:00(\\.0+)?))";
+        // https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/#dateTime, the time zone of 
date, time, and dateTime.
+        private static final String TIMEZONE_FORM =
+                "(Z|(\\+|-)((0[0-9]|1[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]|14:00))?";
+        private static final Map<String, Pattern> LEXICAL_FORMS =
+                Map.ofEntries(
+                        entry("byte", INTEGER_FORM),
+                        entry("short", INTEGER_FORM),
+                        entry("int", INTEGER_FORM),
+                        entry("long", INTEGER_FORM),
+                        entry("integer", INTEGER_FORM),
+                        entry("decimal", DECIMAL_FORM),
+                        entry("float", FLOAT_FORM),
+                        entry("double", FLOAT_FORM),
+                        entry("date", Pattern.compile(DATE_FORM + 
TIMEZONE_FORM)),
+                        entry("time", Pattern.compile(TIME_FORM + 
TIMEZONE_FORM)),
+                        entry(
+                                "dateTime",
+                                Pattern.compile(DATE_FORM + "T" + TIME_FORM + 
TIMEZONE_FORM)));
+
+        private XmlSchemaTypes() {}
+
+        /**
+         * Returns how to write the text as a value of the type, or null if 
the type is unknown or
+         * the text isn't a valid value of it. The value is written later by 
the {@link
+         * VariantEncoder}, but whether the type applies has to be known while 
reading.
+         */
+        static @Nullable Consumer<BinaryVariantInternalBuilder> parse(String 
text, String xsiType) {
+            final String type = localPart(xsiType.trim());
+            if (!hasLexicalForm(type, text)) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            try {
+                switch (type) {
+                    case "string":
+                        return builder -> builder.appendString(text);
+                    case "boolean":
+                        {
+                            final Boolean value = parseBoolean(text);
+                            return value == null ? null : builder -> 
builder.appendBoolean(value);
+                        }
+                    case "byte":
+                        {
+                            final byte value = Byte.parseByte(text);
+                            return builder -> builder.appendByte(value);
+                        }
+                    case "short":
+                        {
+                            final short value = Short.parseShort(text);
+                            return builder -> builder.appendShort(value);
+                        }
+                    case "int":
+                        {
+                            final int value = Integer.parseInt(text);
+                            return builder -> builder.appendInt(value);
+                        }
+                    case "long":
+                        {
+                            final long value = Long.parseLong(text);
+                            return builder -> builder.appendLong(value);
+                        }
+                    case "integer":
+                    case "decimal":
+                        {
+                            // The variant has no unbounded integer type, so 
an integer is stored
+                            // as a decimal.
+                            final BigDecimal value = toVariantDecimal(new 
BigDecimal(text));
+                            return builder -> builder.appendDecimal(value);
+                        }
+                    case "float":
+                        {
+                            // Like in PARSE_JSON, NaN and infinity aren't 
typed. A number out of
+                            // range parses as infinity.
+                            final float value = Float.parseFloat(text);
+                            return Float.isFinite(value)
+                                    ? builder -> builder.appendFloat(value)
+                                    : null;
+                        }
+                    case "double":
+                        {
+                            final double value = Double.parseDouble(text);
+                            return Double.isFinite(value)
+                                    ? builder -> builder.appendDouble(value)
+                                    : null;
+                        }
+                    case "date":
+                        {
+                            final int days = 
Math.toIntExact(LocalDate.parse(text).toEpochDay());
+                            return builder -> builder.appendDate(days);
+                        }
+                    case "time":
+                        {
+                            // A variant time has microsecond precision, so 
nanoseconds are dropped
+                            // like in a cast.
+                            final long micros = 
LocalTime.parse(text).toNanoOfDay() / 1_000;
+                            return builder -> builder.appendTime(micros);
+                        }
+                    case "dateTime":
+                        return 
dateTime(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE_TIME.parse(text));
+                    default:
+                        return null;
+                }
+            } catch (NumberFormatException
+                    | DateTimeException
+                    | ArithmeticException
+                    | VariantTypeException e) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static String localPart(String type) {
+            return type.substring(type.lastIndexOf(':') + 1);
+        }
+
+        private static boolean hasLexicalForm(String type, String text) {
+            final Pattern form = LEXICAL_FORMS.get(type);
+            return form == null || (text.length() <= MAX_LENGTH && 
form.matcher(text).matches());
+        }
+
+        static @Nullable Boolean parseBoolean(String text) {
+            switch (text) {
+                case "true":
+                case "1":
+                    return true;
+                case "false":
+                case "0":
+                    return false;
+                default:
+                    return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static Consumer<BinaryVariantInternalBuilder> 
dateTime(TemporalAccessor dateTime) {
+            final boolean hasOffset = 
dateTime.isSupported(ChronoField.OFFSET_SECONDS);
+            final Instant instant =
+                    hasOffset
+                            ? OffsetDateTime.from(dateTime).toInstant()
+                            : 
LocalDateTime.from(dateTime).toInstant(ZoneOffset.UTC);
+            // Nanoseconds are kept if the timestamp is within the range of 
nanosecond timestamps,
+            // from 1677 to 2262. Otherwise, they are dropped like in a cast.
+            if (instant.getNano() % 1_000 != 0) {
+                try {
+                    final long nanos = nanosSinceEpoch(instant);
+                    return hasOffset
+                            ? builder -> builder.appendTimestampLtzNanos(nanos)
+                            : builder -> builder.appendTimestampNanos(nanos);
+                } catch (VariantTypeException e) {
+                    // Out of range, so the timestamp is written with 
microseconds below.
+                }
+            }
+            final long micros = microsSinceEpoch(instant);
+            return hasOffset
+                    ? builder -> builder.appendTimestampLtz(micros)
+                    : builder -> builder.appendTimestamp(micros);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /** An element as read from the document. */
+    static final class XmlElement {
+
+        final String name;
+
+        final Map<String, String> attributes = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+        // The child elements, grouped by name, and the text runs. Each knows 
its position among
+        // the content, for the # field.
+        final Map<String, List<XmlElement>> children = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        final List<TextRun> textRuns = new ArrayList<>();
+        private int contentCount;
+
+        // The position among the content of the parent element.
+        int position;
+
+        // Set by end() from xsi:nil and xsi:type.
+        boolean isNull;
+        @Nullable Consumer<BinaryVariantInternalBuilder> typedText;
+
+        private boolean xsiNil;
+        private @Nullable String xsiType;
+
+        XmlElement(String name) {
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+        void addAttribute(String name, String value) {
+            switch (name) {
+                case XSI_NAMESPACE_DECLARATION:
+                    // The xsi prefix is recognized without the declaration.
+                    break;
+                case XSI_NIL:
+                    readXsiNil(value);
+                    break;
+                case XSI_TYPE:
+                    xsiType = value;
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    attributes.put(name, value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * xsi:nil="true" marks the element as nil, and xsi:nil="false" has no 
effect. Any other
+         * value isn't a boolean, so it is kept as a regular attribute.
+         */
+        private void readXsiNil(String value) {
+            final Boolean nil = XmlSchemaTypes.parseBoolean(value.trim());
+            if (nil == null) {
+                attributes.put(XSI_NIL, value);
+            } else {
+                xsiNil = nil;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /** Adds the text run, unless it is whitespace only, and clears it for 
the next one. */
+        void addTextRun(StringBuilder textRun) {
+            final String trimmed = textRun.toString().trim();
+            if (!trimmed.isEmpty()) {
+                textRuns.add(new TextRun(trimmed, contentCount++));
+            }
+            textRun.setLength(0);
+        }
+
+        void addChild(XmlElement child) {
+            child.position = contentCount++;
+            children.computeIfAbsent(child.name, name -> new 
ArrayList<>()).add(child);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Applies xsi:nil and xsi:type once the element is read, since they 
depend on all of it.
+         */
+        void end() {
+            if (xsiNil) {
+                applyXsiNil();
+            } else if (xsiType != null) {
+                applyXsiType();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * xsi:nil="true" drops the content. The element is null, unless it 
has other attributes.
+         * Then it keeps xsi:nil and xsi:type as attributes.
+         */
+        private void applyXsiNil() {
+            children.clear();
+            textRuns.clear();
+            if (attributes.isEmpty()) {
+                isNull = true;
+            } else {
+                attributes.put(XSI_NIL, "true");
+                if (xsiType != null) {
+                    attributes.put(XSI_TYPE, xsiType);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * xsi:type types the text of an element with text but without child 
elements. Otherwise, or
+         * if the text isn't a valid value of the type, xsi:type is kept as an 
attribute.
+         */
+        private void applyXsiType() {
+            if (children.isEmpty() && !textRuns.isEmpty()) {
+                typedText = XmlSchemaTypes.parse(text(), xsiType);
+            }
+            if (typedText == null) {
+                attributes.put(XSI_TYPE, xsiType);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /** Returns the text of an element without child elements. */
+        String text() {
+            return textRuns.isEmpty() ? "" : textRuns.get(0).text;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** A text run of an element, which child elements separate from the next 
one. */
+    private static final class TextRun {
+
+        final String text;
+
+        // The position among the content of the element.
+        final int position;
+
+        TextRun(String text, int position) {
+            this.text = text;
+            this.position = position;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a tree of {@link XmlElement}s into a variant.
+     *
+     * <p>The builder writes the values of an object or array first, and its 
header last, in {@code
+     * finishWritingObject} or {@code finishWritingArray}. {@link #addField} 
records where each
+     * field of an object starts, for the header.
+     */
+    private static final class VariantEncoder {
+
+        private final BinaryVariantInternalBuilder builder =
+                new BinaryVariantInternalBuilder(false);
+        private final boolean forceArray;
+
+        VariantEncoder(boolean forceArray) {
+            this.forceArray = forceArray;
+        }
+
+        /** The root element is a single field, never an array, since a 
document has only one. */
+        Variant encodeDocument(XmlElement root) {
+            final int start = builder.getWritePos();
+            final ArrayList<FieldEntry> fields = new ArrayList<>(1);
+            addField(fields, start, root.name);
+            encodeElement(root);
+            builder.finishWritingObject(start, fields);
+            return builder.build();
+        }
+
+        /** An element without attributes and child elements is its text, any 
other an object. */
+        private void encodeElement(XmlElement element) {
+            if (element.isNull) {
+                builder.appendNull();
+            } else if (element.attributes.isEmpty() && 
element.children.isEmpty()) {
+                encodeText(element, element.text());
+            } else {
+                encodeObject(element);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void encodeObject(XmlElement element) {
+            final int start = builder.getWritePos();
+            final ArrayList<FieldEntry> fields = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (Map.Entry<String, String> attribute : 
element.attributes.entrySet()) {
+                addField(fields, start, ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX + attribute.getKey());
+                builder.appendString(attribute.getValue());
+            }
+            for (Map.Entry<String, List<XmlElement>> children : 
element.children.entrySet()) {
+                addField(fields, start, children.getKey());
+                encodeItems(children.getValue(), this::encodeElement);
+            }
+            if (!element.textRuns.isEmpty()) {
+                addField(fields, start, TEXT_KEY);
+                encodeItems(element.textRuns, textRun -> encodeText(element, 
textRun.text));
+            }
+            // The # field records the order of the content across keys. 
Within a key, it is the
+            // order of the array, so with a single key, there is nothing to 
record.
+            final int contentKeys = element.children.size() + 
(element.textRuns.isEmpty() ? 0 : 1);
+            if (contentKeys > 1) {
+                addField(fields, start, ORDER_KEY);
+                encodeOrder(element);
+            }
+            builder.finishWritingObject(start, fields);
+        }
+
+        private void encodeOrder(XmlElement element) {
+            final int start = builder.getWritePos();
+            final ArrayList<FieldEntry> fields = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (Map.Entry<String, List<XmlElement>> children : 
element.children.entrySet()) {
+                addField(fields, start, children.getKey());
+                encodeItems(children.getValue(), child -> 
builder.appendNumeric(child.position));
+            }
+            if (!element.textRuns.isEmpty()) {
+                addField(fields, start, TEXT_KEY);
+                encodeItems(element.textRuns, textRun -> 
builder.appendNumeric(textRun.position));
+            }
+            builder.finishWritingObject(start, fields);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Writes the items of a key: a single item as is, and several items 
as an array. With
+         * {@code forceArray}, a single item is an array as well.
+         */
+        private <T> void encodeItems(List<T> items, Consumer<T> encodeItem) {
+            if (items.size() == 1 && !forceArray) {
+                encodeItem.accept(items.get(0));
+                return;
+            }
+            final int start = builder.getWritePos();
+            final ArrayList<Integer> offsets = new ArrayList<>(items.size());
+            for (T item : items) {
+                offsets.add(builder.getWritePos() - start);
+                encodeItem.accept(item);
+            }
+            builder.finishWritingArray(start, offsets);
+        }
+
+        private void addField(ArrayList<FieldEntry> fields, int start, String 
key) {
+            fields.add(new FieldEntry(key, builder.addKey(key), 
builder.getWritePos() - start));
+        }

Review Comment:
   This can be extracted to the builder and be reused:
   
   ```java
   /**
    * Adds a field to the object that starts at {@code start}. Call it right 
before writing the
    * value, since the field records the current write position as its offset.
    */
   public void addField(ArrayList<FieldEntry> fields, int start, String key) {
       fields.add(new FieldEntry(key, addKey(key), writePos - start));
   }
   ```
   
   If you re-base you can replace this in the `toVariantConverter` too



##########
flink-table/flink-table-runtime/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/runtime/functions/XmlToVariantParserTest.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,534 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions;
+
+import org.apache.flink.types.variant.Variant;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+import javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments.arguments;
+
+/** Tests for {@link XmlToVariantParser}. */
+class XmlToVariantParserTest {
+
+    private final XmlToVariantParser parser = new XmlToVariantParser();
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Mapping
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("mappings")
+    void testMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> mappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("<title>Dune</title>", "{\"title\":\"Dune\"}"),
+                arguments("<title></title>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<title/>", "{\"title\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n Dune\n</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"$\":\"Dune\",\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments("<book pages=\"320\"/>", 
"{\"book\":{\"@pages\":\"320\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Terry Pratchett</author>\n"
+                                + "  <author>Neil Gaiman</author>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"author\":[\"Terry Pratchett\",\"Neil 
Gaiman\"]}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n  <title>Dune</title>\n  
<price>12.5</price>\n</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"price\":1,\"title\":0},\"price\":\"12.5\",\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  and this is another text\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        "{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[0,2],\"title\":1},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"and this 
is another text\"],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<book pages=\"320\">\n"
+                                + "  <title>Dune</title>\n"
+                                + "  This is a description\n"
+                                + "  <price>12.50</price>\n"
+                                + "  Text in between\n"
+                                + "  <price currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>\n"
+                                + "</book>",
+                        
"{\"book\":{\"#\":{\"$\":[1,3],\"price\":[2,4],\"title\":0},"
+                                + "\"$\":[\"This is a description\",\"Text in 
between\"],"
+                                + "\"@pages\":\"320\","
+                                + 
"\"price\":[\"12.50\",{\"$\":\"13.50\",\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}],"
+                                + "\"title\":\"Dune\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a><b><c>deep</c></b></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"b\":{\"c\":\"deep\"}}}"),
+                // Namespace prefixes and declarations are kept as written.
+                arguments(
+                        "<ns:a xmlns:ns=\"urn:ns\" xmlns=\"urn:default\" 
ns:id=\"1\">"
+                                + "<ns:b>x</ns:b></ns:a>",
+                        
"{\"ns:a\":{\"@ns:id\":\"1\",\"@xmlns\":\"urn:default\","
+                                + "\"@xmlns:ns\":\"urn:ns\",\"ns:b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                // Attribute values are not trimmed.
+                arguments("<a b=\" x \"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\" x \"}}"),
+                // CDATA is text, and it merges with the text around it.
+                arguments("<a><![CDATA[<b>&</b>]]></a>", 
"{\"a\":\"<b>&</b>\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>x<![CDATA[y]]>z</a>", "{\"a\":\"xyz\"}"),
+                // Comments and processing instructions are dropped, the text 
around them merges.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!-- c --><a>foo<!-- c 
-->bar<?pi x?></a><!-- c -->",
+                        "{\"a\":\"foobar\"}"),
+                // The input is a string, so an encoding declared in the 
document is ignored.
+                arguments(
+                        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" 
encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?><a>\u00e4</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"\u00e4\"}"),
+                // Whitespace-only text is dropped, other text is trimmed of 
XML whitespace only.
+                arguments("<a>\n  <b>x</b>\n</a>", "{\"a\":{\"b\":\"x\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a> \t\r\n </a>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>\u00a0x\u00a0</a>", "{\"a\":\"\u00a0x\u00a0\"}"),
+                // Predefined entities and character references are expanded, 
in text and in
+                // attribute values.
+                arguments("<a>&lt;&gt;&amp;&apos;</a>", "{\"a\":\"<>&'\"}"),
+                arguments("<a>&#65;&#x42;</a>", "{\"a\":\"AB\"}"),
+                arguments("<a b=\"&lt;&#65;\"/>", "{\"a\":{\"@b\":\"<A\"}}"),
+                // Entities declared in the DTD are expanded.
+                arguments(
+                        "<!DOCTYPE a [<!ENTITY title 
\"Dune\">]><a>&title;</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":\"Dune\"}"));
+    }
+
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // XML Schema instance attributes
+    // 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+    @MethodSource("xsiMappings")
+    void testXsiMapping(String xml, String expectedJson) {
+        assertThat(parser.parse(xml, false).toJson()).isEqualTo(expectedJson);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> xsiMappings() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                // xsi:nil makes an element without other attributes null, and 
drops the content.
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"1\"></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\">x</a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\"><b>x</b></a>", "{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\" true \" xsi:type=\"int\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"Dog\"/>", 
"{\"a\":null}"),
+                // The declaration of the xsi prefix is dropped.
+                arguments(
+                        "<root 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\";>"
+                                + "<a xsi:nil=\"true\"/></root>",
+                        "{\"root\":{\"a\":null}}"),
+                // xsi:nil that doesn't make the element null is kept, unless 
it is false.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" id=\"1\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\" 1 \" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:nil=\"true\" xsi:type=\"string\" id=\"1\"/>",
+                        
"{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:nil\":\"true\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"yes\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"yes\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"TRUE\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:nil\":\"TRUE\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"false\">x</a>", "{\"a\":\"x\"}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:nil=\"0\"/>", "{\"a\":\"\"}"),
+                // xsi:type types the text of an element with text but without 
child elements.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\">5</a>", "{\"a\":5}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"boolean\">true</a>", "{\"a\":true}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"decimal\">-1.23</a>", 
"{\"a\":-1.23}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<price xsi:type=\"decimal\" 
currency=\"EUR\">13.50</price>",
+                        "{\"price\":{\"$\":13.5,\"@currency\":\"EUR\"}}"),
+                // xsi:type that doesn't type the text is kept.
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"int\"></a>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments("<a xsi:type=\"string\"/>", 
"{\"a\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a id=\"1\" xsi:type=\"string\"/>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"@id\":\"1\",\"@xsi:type\":\"string\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"int\">five</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"five\",\"@xsi:type\":\"int\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<a xsi:type=\"xs:token\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:type\":\"xs:token\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<animal xsi:type=\"Dog\" name=\"Rex\"/>",
+                        
"{\"animal\":{\"@name\":\"Rex\",\"@xsi:type\":\"Dog\"}}"),
+                arguments(
+                        "<shape 
xsi:type=\"Circle\"><radius>1</radius></shape>",
+                        
"{\"shape\":{\"@xsi:type\":\"Circle\",\"radius\":\"1\"}}"),
+                // Other xsi: attributes are regular attributes.
+                arguments(
+                        "<a 
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"; "
+                                + "xsi:schemaLocation=\"urn:a a.xsd\">x</a>",
+                        "{\"a\":{\"$\":\"x\",\"@xsi:schemaLocation\":\"urn:a 
a.xsd\"}}"));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource("typedValues")
+    void testXsiType(String xsiType, String text, Variant.Type expectedType, 
Object expectedValue) {
+        final Variant value = parseTyped(xsiType, text);
+        assertThat(value.getType()).isEqualTo(expectedType);
+        if (expectedValue instanceof BigDecimal) {
+            assertThat(value.getDecimal()).isEqualByComparingTo((BigDecimal) 
expectedValue);
+        } else {
+            assertThat(value.get()).isEqualTo(expectedValue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> typedValues() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("string", "5", Variant.Type.STRING, "5"),
+                arguments("boolean", "true", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "false", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("boolean", "1", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, true),
+                arguments("boolean", "0", Variant.Type.BOOLEAN, false),
+                arguments("byte", "-128", Variant.Type.TINYINT, (byte) -128),
+                arguments("short", "32767", Variant.Type.SMALLINT, (short) 
32767),
+                arguments("int", "+5", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("int", " 5 ", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("long", "9223372036854775807", Variant.Type.BIGINT, 
Long.MAX_VALUE),
+                arguments(
+                        "integer",
+                        "123456789012345678901234567890",
+                        Variant.Type.DECIMAL,
+                        new BigDecimal("123456789012345678901234567890")),
+                arguments("decimal", "12.50", Variant.Type.DECIMAL, new 
BigDecimal("12.50")),
+                arguments("decimal", ".5", Variant.Type.DECIMAL, new 
BigDecimal("0.5")),
+                arguments("float", "1.5", Variant.Type.FLOAT, 1.5f),
+                arguments("double", "1.5E3", Variant.Type.DOUBLE, 1500.0),
+                arguments("double", "-.5e+2", Variant.Type.DOUBLE, -50.0),
+                arguments("date", "2026-09-23", Variant.Type.DATE, 
LocalDate.of(2026, 9, 23)),
+                arguments(
+                        "time",
+                        "12:30:45.123456",
+                        Variant.Type.TIME,
+                        LocalTime.of(12, 30, 45, 123_456_000)),
+                // Precision that doesn't fit is dropped, like in a cast.
+                arguments(
+                        "time",
+                        "12:30:45.123456789",
+                        Variant.Type.TIME,
+                        LocalTime.of(12, 30, 45, 123_456_000)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2300-01-01T00:00:00.000000001",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2300, 1, 1, 0, 0)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2026, 9, 23, 12, 30, 45)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_NS,
+                        LocalDateTime.of(2026, 9, 23, 12, 30, 45, 
123_456_789)),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45Z",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T12:30:45Z")),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.5+02:00",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T10:30:45.5Z")),
+                arguments(
+                        "dateTime",
+                        "2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789Z",
+                        Variant.Type.TIMESTAMP_LTZ_NS,
+                        Instant.parse("2026-09-23T12:30:45.123456789Z")),
+                // Types are matched by their local part.
+                arguments("xs:int", "5", Variant.Type.INT, 5),
+                arguments("xsd:int", "5", Variant.Type.INT, 5));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}: {1}")
+    @MethodSource({"untypedValues", "invalidLexicalForms"})
+    void testXsiTypeThatDoesNotApply(String xsiType, String text) {
+        final Variant value = parseTyped(xsiType, text);
+        assertThat(value.getField("$").getString()).isEqualTo(text);
+        assertThat(value.getField("@xsi:type").getString()).isEqualTo(xsiType);
+    }
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> untypedValues() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("boolean", "yes"),
+                arguments("boolean", "TRUE"),
+                arguments("byte", "128"),
+                arguments("int", "5.0"),
+                arguments("integer", "1.5"),
+                // Longer numbers are not typed.
+                arguments("integer", "1" + "0".repeat(1000)),
+                arguments("decimal", "1e99999"),
+                arguments("decimal", 
"1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"),
+                arguments("float", "1e50"),
+                arguments("float", "INF"),
+                arguments("double", "1e99999"),
+                arguments("double", "NaN"),
+                arguments("double", "Infinity"),
+                arguments("date", "2026-02-30"),
+                arguments("date", "2026-09-23Z"),
+                arguments("time", "12:30:45Z"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23"),
+                // Valid in XML Schema, but rejected by the Java parsers.
+                arguments("date", "10000-01-01"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "10000-01-01T00:00:00"),
+                arguments("time", "24:00:00"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23T24:00:00"),
+                arguments("anyURI", "urn:x"),
+                arguments("Int", "5"));
+    }
+
+    /** Values that the Java parsers accept, but XML Schema doesn't. */
+    static Stream<Arguments> invalidLexicalForms() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                arguments("float", "1f"),
+                arguments("float", "1.5F"),
+                arguments("float", "1d"),
+                arguments("double", "1.5D"),
+                arguments("float", "0x1.8p1"),
+                arguments("double", "0x1.8p1"),
+                // Digits from other scripts: Arabic-Indic three, and 
fullwidth one and two.
+                arguments("int", "\u0663"), // ٣
+                arguments("long", "\uff11\uff12"), // 12
+                arguments("integer", "\u0663"), // ٣
+                arguments("decimal", "\u0663"), // ٣
+                arguments("decimal", "1e5"),
+                arguments("time", "12:30"),
+                arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23T12:30"),

Review Comment:
   ```java
   arguments("dateTime", "2026-09-23T12:30.1234567890123456789"),
   ```
   What happens with a case like this?



##########
flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/codegen/XmlReadReuseTest.java:
##########
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.table.planner.codegen;
+
+import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.EnvironmentSettings;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.TableEnvironment;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.bridge.java.StreamTableEnvironment;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.config.ExecutionConfigOptions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.config.OptimizerConfigOptions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.config.TableConfigOptions;
+import org.apache.flink.table.codesplit.JavaCodeSplitter;
+import org.apache.flink.table.planner.factories.TestValuesTableFactory;
+import org.apache.flink.table.runtime.functions.SqlXmlUtils;
+import org.apache.flink.types.Row;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/** Tests that the {@code PARSE_XML} and {@code TRY_PARSE_XML} calls on the 
same input share it. */
+class XmlReadReuseTest {
+
+    private static final Pattern READ_PATTERN =
+            Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(SqlXmlUtils.class.getCanonicalName() 
+ ".read("));
+    private static final Pattern PARSE_XML_PATTERN =
+            Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(SqlXmlUtils.class.getCanonicalName() 
+ ".parseXml("));
+
+    private StreamTableEnvironment tEnv;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        tEnv =
+                StreamTableEnvironment.create(
+                        StreamExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment(),
+                        EnvironmentSettings.inStreamingMode());
+        tEnv.createTemporaryView(
+                "xml_src",
+                tEnv.fromValues(
+                                Row.of(
+                                        "<book><title>Dune</title></book>",
+                                        "<a>1</a>",
+                                        "{\"a\":1}",
+                                        "<book>"),
+                                Row.of(
+                                        "<book><title>Emma</title></book>",
+                                        "<a>2</a>",
+                                        "<a/>",
+                                        "<a>"))
+                        .as("xml", "other_xml", "json", "invalid_xml"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCallsOnTheSameInputReadItOnce() {
+        final String sql =
+                "SELECT CAST(PARSE_XML(xml)['book']['title'] AS STRING), "
+                        + "JSON_STRING(PARSE_XML(xml, TRUE)), "
+                        + "JSON_STRING(TRY_PARSE_XML(xml, TRUE)) FROM xml_src";
+        assertThat(collect(sql))
+                .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(
+                        Row.of(
+                                "Dune",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Dune\"]}}",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Dune\"]}}"),
+                        Row.of(
+                                "Emma",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Emma\"]}}",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Emma\"]}}"));
+        assertThat(countReads(sql)).isOne();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCallsOnDifferentInputsReadEachOnce() {
+        final String sql =
+                "SELECT JSON_STRING(PARSE_XML(xml)), 
JSON_STRING(TRY_PARSE_XML(xml, TRUE)), "
+                        + "JSON_STRING(PARSE_XML(other_xml)), "
+                        + "JSON_STRING(TRY_PARSE_XML(other_xml, TRUE)) FROM 
xml_src";
+        assertThat(collect(sql))
+                .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(
+                        Row.of(
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":\"Dune\"}}",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Dune\"]}}",
+                                "{\"a\":\"1\"}",
+                                "{\"a\":\"1\"}"),
+                        Row.of(
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":\"Emma\"}}",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Emma\"]}}",
+                                "{\"a\":\"2\"}",
+                                "{\"a\":\"2\"}"));
+        assertThat(countReads(sql)).isEqualTo(2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testFirstCallInBranchThatIsNotTaken() {
+        // The first call is never taken, so the second one has to read the 
document.
+        final String sql =
+                "SELECT CASE WHEN CHARACTER_LENGTH(other_xml) > 100 "
+                        + "THEN CAST(PARSE_XML(xml)['book']['title'] AS 
STRING) ELSE 'none' END, "
+                        + "CAST(PARSE_XML(xml, TRUE)['book']['title'][1] AS 
STRING) FROM xml_src";
+        assertThat(collect(sql))
+                .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(Row.of("none", "Dune"), 
Row.of("none", "Emma"));
+        assertThat(countCalls(sql, PARSE_XML_PATTERN))
+                .as("the branch with the first call must survive the 
optimizer")
+                .isEqualTo(2);
+        assertThat(countReads(sql)).isOne();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidDocumentIsReadOnce() {
+        final String sql =
+                "SELECT JSON_STRING(TRY_PARSE_XML(invalid_xml)), "
+                        + "JSON_STRING(TRY_PARSE_XML(invalid_xml, TRUE)) FROM 
xml_src";
+        assertThat(collect(sql)).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(Row.of(null, null), 
Row.of(null, null));
+        assertThat(countReads(sql)).isOne();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testJsonFunctionOnTheSameInput() {
+        // The JSON functions share their parsed input as well, which must not 
be mixed up.
+        final String sql =
+                "SELECT JSON_VALUE(json, '$.a'), 
JSON_STRING(TRY_PARSE_XML(json)) FROM xml_src";
+        assertThat(collect(sql))
+                .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(Row.of("1", null), Row.of(null, 
"{\"a\":\"\"}"));
+        assertThat(countReads(sql)).isOne();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testReuseSurvivesCodeSplitting() {
+        tEnv.getConfig()
+                .set(TableConfigOptions.MAX_LENGTH_GENERATED_CODE, 1)
+                .set(TableConfigOptions.MAX_MEMBERS_GENERATED_CODE, 1);
+        final String sql =
+                "SELECT CAST(PARSE_XML(xml)['book']['title'] AS STRING), "
+                        + "JSON_STRING(PARSE_XML(xml, TRUE)), "
+                        + "JSON_STRING(TRY_PARSE_XML(xml, TRUE)) FROM xml_src";
+        // Only the split code is compiled, so correct results show that the 
reuse survives it.
+        assertThat(collect(sql))
+                .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(
+                        Row.of(
+                                "Dune",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Dune\"]}}",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Dune\"]}}"),
+                        Row.of(
+                                "Emma",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Emma\"]}}",
+                                "{\"book\":{\"title\":[\"Emma\"]}}"));
+        final List<String> splitCodes =
+                GeneratedCodeTestUtils.generatedClassCodes(tEnv, sql).stream()
+                        .map(code -> JavaCodeSplitter.split(code, 1, 1))
+                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        assertThat(GeneratedCodeTestUtils.generatedClassCodes(tEnv, sql))
+                .as("the limits must actually split a generated class")
+                .anySatisfy(
+                        code -> assertThat(JavaCodeSplitter.split(code, 1, 
1)).isNotEqualTo(code));
+        assertThat(
+                        splitCodes.stream()
+                                .mapToInt(
+                                        code ->
+                                                
GeneratedCodeTestUtils.countMatches(
+                                                        READ_PATTERN, code))
+                                .sum())
+                .isOne();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testDocumentIsReadForEachRowInMatchRecognize() {
+        // A matches the first three rows, so a read for each row gives 1 + 2 
+ 3.
+        final String dataId =
+                TestValuesTableFactory.registerData(
+                        Arrays.asList(
+                                Row.of(1000, "<n>1</n>", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(1000L)),
+                                Row.of(2000, "<n>2</n>", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(2000L)),
+                                Row.of(3000, "<n>3</n>", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(3000L)),
+                                Row.of(9000, "<n>9</n>", 
Instant.ofEpochMilli(9000L))));
+        tEnv.executeSql(
+                "CREATE TABLE events (f0 INT, f1 STRING, ts TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3), "
+                        + "WATERMARK FOR ts AS ts) WITH ('connector' = 
'values', 'data-id' = '"
+                        + dataId
+                        + "', 'bounded' = 'true')");
+        final String sql =
+                "SELECT total FROM events MATCH_RECOGNIZE ("
+                        + " ORDER BY ts"
+                        + " MEASURES SUM(CAST(CAST(PARSE_XML(A.f1)['n'] AS 
STRING) AS INT)) AS total"
+                        + " AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW"
+                        + " PATTERN (A+ B)"
+                        + " DEFINE A AS A.f0 < 9000, B AS B.f0 >= 9000)";
+        assertThat(collect(sql)).containsExactly(Row.of(6));

Review Comment:
   Should we call at the end `TestValuesTableFactory.clearAllData()`?



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