[TIKA-1251] RuntimeException when parsing word (.doc) documents. Works in Tika 1.4 but not 1.5

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5
• Fix Version/s: 1.6
• Component/s: parser

Environment

Linux 3.10.25-gentoo #3 SMP Tue Feb 25 07:35:57 CET 2014 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Oracle JDK 1.7.0.51 [oracle-jdk-bin-1.7] and IcedTea JDK 6.1.12.7 [icedtea-bin-6]. Both fail

• Assignee: Tyler Bui-Palsulich
• Reporter: Andreas
• Created: 27/Feb/14 09:37
• Updated: 19/Oct/16 23:12
• Resolved: 21/Jul/14 18:28

Description

Parsing the attached document works in Tika 1.4, but not in Tika 1.5. See output below. However, using Tika 1.4 is not a proper temporary solution as it leaves tons of special characters and functions in the output. See my post on SO: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21929040

$ java -jar tika-app-1.4.jar Ansvarsvakt\ rutine01.06.11.doc > /dev/null
$
$ java -jar tika-app-1.5.jar Ansvarsvakt\ rutine01.06.11.doc > /dev/null 
Exception in thread "main" org.apache.tika.exception.TikaException: Unexpected RuntimeException from org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.OfficeParser@193936e1
        at org.apache.tika.parser.CompositeParser.parse(CompositeParser.java:244)
        at org.apache.tika.parser.CompositeParser.parse(CompositeParser.java:242)
        at org.apache.tika.parser.AutoDetectParser.parse(AutoDetectParser.java:120)
        at org.apache.tika.cli.TikaCLI$OutputType.process(TikaCLI.java:142)
        at org.apache.tika.cli.TikaCLI.process(TikaCLI.java:418)
        at org.apache.tika.cli.TikaCLI.main(TikaCLI.java:112)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: This paragraph is not the first one in the table
        at org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel.Range.getTable(Range.java:932)
        at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.WordExtractor.handleParagraph(WordExtractor.java:188)
        at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.WordExtractor.handleHeaderFooter(WordExtractor.java:172)
        at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.WordExtractor.parse(WordExtractor.java:98)
        at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.OfficeParser.parse(OfficeParser.java:199)
        at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.OfficeParser.parse(OfficeParser.java:167)
        at org.apache.tika.parser.CompositeParser.parse(CompositeParser.java:242)
        ... 5 more

Sidenote: If I open the document in Abiword and just click ctrl+s to save the document (with no changes), Tika 1.5 parses it just fine.

Issue Links

• relates to: TIKA-1733 RuntimeException when parsing some word (.doc) documents