[PDFBOX-4088] Root/StructTreeRoot/K/S must be name, not string (merge)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.13, 2.0.8
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.14, 2.0.9, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: Utilities
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
• Created: 30/Jan/18 19:12
• Updated: 24/Mar/18 09:41
• Resolved: 30/Jan/18 19:31

Description

This code in PDFMergerUtility looks suspicious:

kDictLevel0.setItem(COSName.S, new COSString(STRUCTURETYPE_DOCUMENT));

It sets a top level type in the K hierarchy... it should be a name, not a string, see "Entries in a structure element dictionary".