3658168 - "org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: entity reference name can not contain character" error in OData receiver adapter step

Error message below (or similar) is returned when executing an OData call from a SAP Cloud Integration iflow:

Error Details
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConversionException:
---- Debugging information ----
cause-exception : com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException
cause-message : class : java.util.ArrayList required-type : java.util.ArrayList
converter-type : com.sap.gateway.core.ip.processor.converter.ConverterXMLToList 
path : /xyz/yxz/line number : X version : not available 
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cause: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: entity reference name can not contain character =' (position: START_TAG seen ...atchSplitOneItem?DeliveryDocument='1111'&DeliveryDocumentItem=... @5:83)"

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