Index: lams_build/build_base.xml
===================================================================
diff -u -r1d22e4fc33e7cd2bc4b56b83bb822233c8733850 -r857872698645d1a24eab13189a0c5556c9155a77
--- lams_build/build_base.xml	(.../build_base.xml)	(revision 1d22e4fc33e7cd2bc4b56b83bb822233c8733850)
+++ lams_build/build_base.xml	(.../build_base.xml)	(revision 857872698645d1a24eab13189a0c5556c9155a77)
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 			<include name="javax/persistence/api/main/javax.persistence-api-*.jar" />
 			<include name="org/hibernate/main/hibernate-core-*.Final.jar" />
 			<include name="org/bouncycastle/main/bcprov-*.jar" />
+			<include name="org/codehaus/woodstox/main/*.jar" />
 		</fileset>
 		<!-- Optional project own libraries -->
 		<fileset dir="lib" erroronmissingdir="false">
Index: lams_build/conf/j2ee/jboss-deployment-structure.xml
===================================================================
diff -u -r25789285b22f2b11797f61c46e176abeffb3b2cf -r857872698645d1a24eab13189a0c5556c9155a77
--- lams_build/conf/j2ee/jboss-deployment-structure.xml	(.../jboss-deployment-structure.xml)	(revision 25789285b22f2b11797f61c46e176abeffb3b2cf)
+++ lams_build/conf/j2ee/jboss-deployment-structure.xml	(.../jboss-deployment-structure.xml)	(revision 857872698645d1a24eab13189a0c5556c9155a77)
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   	  <module name="com.codahale.passpol" export="true" />
   	  <module name="com.zaxxer.sparsebits" export="true" />
   	  <module name="org.bouncycastle" export="true" />
+  	  <module name="org.codehaus.woodstox" export="true" />
       
       <!-- Import META-INF/services for ServiceLoader impls as well
       <module name="myservicemodule" services="import"/>
Index: lams_central/web/META-INF/services/javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory
===================================================================
diff -u
--- lams_central/web/META-INF/services/javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory	(revision 0)
+++ lams_central/web/META-INF/services/javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory	(revision 857872698645d1a24eab13189a0c5556c9155a77)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.lamsfoundation.lams.util.InvalidCharReplacingWstxOutputFatory
\ No newline at end of file
Index: lams_common/.classpath
===================================================================
diff -u -r7b189d6353baf83e0218dd064ef543d53b555a99 -r857872698645d1a24eab13189a0c5556c9155a77
--- lams_common/.classpath	(.../.classpath)	(revision 7b189d6353baf83e0218dd064ef543d53b555a99)
+++ lams_common/.classpath	(.../.classpath)	(revision 857872698645d1a24eab13189a0c5556c9155a77)
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="WILDFLY_HOME/modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/logging/commons/logging/main/commons-logging-jboss-logging-1.0.0.Final.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="WILDFLY_HOME/modules/system/layers/base/org/hibernate/main/hibernate-core-5.3.6.Final.jar" sourcepath="/3RDPARTY_SOURCES_PROJECT/hibernate-core"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="var" path="WILDFLY_HOME/modules/system/layers/base/javax/websocket/api/main/jboss-websocket-api_1.1_spec-1.1.3.Final.jar" sourcepath="/3RDPARTY_SOURCES_PROJECT/websocket"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="var" path="WILDFLY_HOME/modules/system/layers/base/org/codehaus/woodstox/main/woodstox-core-5.0.3.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="var" path="WILDFLY_HOME/modules/system/layers/base/org/codehaus/woodstox/main/stax2-api-3.1.4.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
 	<referencedentry kind="lib" path="/lams_build/lib/lams/lams.jar" sourcepath=""/>
 </classpath>
Index: lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/InvalidCharReplacingWstxOutputFatory.java
===================================================================
diff -u
--- lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/InvalidCharReplacingWstxOutputFatory.java	(revision 0)
+++ lams_common/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/util/InvalidCharReplacingWstxOutputFatory.java	(revision 857872698645d1a24eab13189a0c5556c9155a77)
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.lamsfoundation.lams.util;
+
+import com.ctc.wstx.stax.WstxOutputFactory;
+
+/**
+ * It replaces invalid characters with a space rather than throwing an error
+ * when exporting an object into XML.
+ */
+public class InvalidCharReplacingWstxOutputFatory extends WstxOutputFactory {
+
+    public InvalidCharReplacingWstxOutputFatory() {
+	setProperty(com.ctc.wstx.api.WstxOutputProperties.P_OUTPUT_INVALID_CHAR_HANDLER,
+		new com.ctc.wstx.api.InvalidCharHandler.ReplacingHandler(' '));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file