[PDFBOX-2885] NPE in PDNonTerminalField.getChildren()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: AcroForm
• Assignee: John Hewson
• Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
• Created: 15/Jul/15 16:30
• Updated: 17/Mar/16 19:07
• Resolved: 15/Jul/15 19:37

Description

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDNonTerminalField.getChildren(PDNonTerminalField.java:130)
	at org.apache.pdfbox.preflight.process.AcroFormValidationProcess.validateField(AcroFormValidationProcess.java:196)
	at org.apache.pdfbox.preflight.process.AcroFormValidationProcess.exploreFields(AcroFormValidationProcess.java:114)
	at org.apache.pdfbox.preflight.process.AcroFormValidationProcess.validate(AcroFormValidationProcess.java:64)
	at org.apache.pdfbox.preflight.utils.ContextHelper.callValidation(ContextHelper.java:84)
	at org.apache.pdfbox.preflight.utils.ContextHelper.validateElement(ContextHelper.java:122)
	at org.apache.pdfbox.preflight.PreflightDocument.validate(PreflightDocument.java:163)
	at com.mycompany.preflightmasstest.PreflightChecker.run(PreflightChecker.java:52)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

The "field" / annotation that makes the problem is at "36 0 o", it is the link annotation.

From my understanding, this is an incorrect PDF, a link annotation isn't a field. I tried returning just null, that change works with preflight.