[PDFBOX-1692] java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.3, 2.0.0
• Component/s: Text extraction
• Environment: Windows 7; java version 1.7.0_17 (build 1.7.0_17-b02/64-Bit Server VM build 23.7-01); pdfbox-app-1.8.2.jar
• Assignee: Andreas Lehmkühler
• Reporter: Christian Czech
• Created: 12/Aug/13 16:16
• Updated: 30/Nov/13 17:02
• Resolved: 01/Sep/13 11:01

Description

Hello,

I have a problem with text extraction.
The problem is not enough memory in VM during the text extraction!

My Code:
String pdfFile = "D:\testfolder\test1fd9a_test.pdf"; //size of file 168 KB
PDDocument document = PDDocument.load(pdfFile, true);

PDFTextStripper stripper = null;
try {
stripper = new PDFTextStripper();
stripper.setSortByPosition(true);
stripper.writeText(document, outputWriter);
} catch () {
}

You get an error:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

Issue Links

• depends upon: PDFBOX-1653 Fix pdfbox eating up big chunks of memory for identical CID mappings