[PDFBOX-5050] NullPointerexception in AcroFormOrphanWidgetsProcessor.resolveNonRootField()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.21, 2.0.22
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.23, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: AcroForm
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
• Created: 17/Dec/20 18:38
• Updated: 19/Mar/21 15:42
• Resolved: 17/Dec/20 18:47

Description

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.fixup.processor.AcroFormOrphanWidgetsProcessor.resolveNonRootField(AcroFormOrphanWidgetsProcessor.java:175)
	at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.fixup.processor.AcroFormOrphanWidgetsProcessor.handleAnnotations(AcroFormOrphanWidgetsProcessor.java:119)
	at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.fixup.processor.AcroFormOrphanWidgetsProcessor.resolveFieldsFromWidgets(AcroFormOrphanWidgetsProcessor.java:87)
	at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.fixup.processor.AcroFormOrphanWidgetsProcessor.process(AcroFormOrphanWidgetsProcessor.java:73)
	at org.apache.tika.parser.pdf.PDFParser$TikaAcroFormFixup.apply(PDFParser.java:696)

The widget parent exists but is "(null)" so if (annot.getCOSObject().containsKey(COSName.PARENT)) can fail.