[PDFBOX-3783] java.io.IOException: Expected root dictionary, but got this: COSNull{}

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.6
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.6, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: Parsing
• Labels: regression
• Assignee: Andreas Lehmkühler
• Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
• Created: 09/May/17 12:47
• Updated: 15/May/17 20:28
• Resolved: 09/May/17 18:00

Description

This file was parsed in 2.0.5 but no longer now:

java.io.IOException: Expected root dictionary, but got this: COSNull{}
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.PDFParser.initialParse(PDFParser.java:230)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.PDFParser.parse(PDFParser.java:276)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument.load(PDDocument.java:1005)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument.load(PDDocument.java:943)
    org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.PDFDebugger.parseDocument(PDFDebugger.java:1375)
    org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.PDFDebugger.readPDFFile(PDFDebugger.java:1293)
    org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.PDFDebugger.readPDFFile(PDFDebugger.java:1276)
    org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.PDFDebugger.main(PDFDebugger.java:262)
    org.apache.pdfbox.tools.PDFBox.main(PDFBox.java:85)

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: PDFBOX-3785 File completely different in 2.0.5 and 2.0.6
• is duplicated by: PDFBOX-3786 Contents of truncated file lost
• is duplicated by: PDFBOX-3787 Content stream missing in truncated file