[PDFBOX-3814] PDFTextStripper extracts garbadge

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.5, 2.0.6
• Component/s: Text extraction
• Labels: patch
• Environment: Windows 7 64-bit, Java ; Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_121-b13)
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Robert Scharpf
• Created: 30/May/17 09:14
• Updated: 30/May/17 10:17
• Resolved: 30/May/17 10:17

Description

Adobe Reader shows no problems with the attached PDF "DataDirect Connect for ODBC User's Guide and Reference.pdf".
First 256 characters of extracted text (char + hex code) from PDFTextStripper:
000d
000d
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000d
000d
000d
000d
000d
000d
0001 B 0042 O 004f E 0045
0001 4 0034 F 0046 R 0052 V 0056 F 0046 - 002d J 004a O 004f L 004c
0001 B 0042 S 0053 F 0046
0001 S 0053 F 0046 H 0048 J 004a T 0054 U 0055 F 0046
I have a few more PDFs with the same symptom.