[TIKA-587] NullPointerException in OutlookExtractor on missing chunks

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8
• Fix Version/s: 0.9
• Component/s: parser
• Assignee: Jukka Zitting
• Reporter: Tom Klonikowski
• Created: 18/Jan/11 16:17
• Updated: 02/Aug/12 09:33
• Resolved: 19/Jan/11 12:45

Description

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.OutlookExtractor.header(OutlookExtractor.java:150)

String value might be null - see line 51: msg.setReturnNullOnMissingChunk(true);

In my case, the message is missing the "from" chunk.

Possible fixes include assigning a default value "" for relevant chunks, if missing or a simple check for null in the header-method.