[PDFBOX-2903] ClassCastException at PDFParser:667

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.10
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.11
• Component/s: Parsing
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
• Created: 24/Jul/15 14:57
• Updated: 18/Jan/16 12:01
• Resolved: 25/Jul/15 05:03

Description

from "skenny" in the user mailing list:

I'm using PDFMergerUtility to merge a number of PDF input streams and write
them to an HTTP response output stream. One of the PDFs is failing at line
667 in PDFParser:

    final COSName objectType = (COSName)strmObj.getItem( COSName.TYPE );

The result of getItem(COSName.TYPE) is a COSString (value "Metadata") and
not a COSName.