[TIKA-2160] POIXMLException from NullPointerException on a valid Word file

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.13
• Fix Version/s: 1.15, 2.0.0
• Component/s: parser

Environment

Windows 7 x64, JVM 1.8.0_101

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Seva Alekseyev
• Created: 04/Nov/16 14:22
• Updated: 12/Apr/21 13:01
• Resolved: 22/Nov/16 17:53

Description

On the attached word file, which opens fine with Word (albeit with no text), the Tika parser throws the following error:

org.apache.poi.POIXMLException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFFooter.onDocumentRead(XWPFFooter.java:130)
at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFDocument.onDocumentRead(XWPFDocument.java:208)
at org.apache.poi.POIXMLDocument.load(POIXMLDocument.java:160)
at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFDocument.<init>(XWPFDocument.java:124)
at org.apache.poi.xwpf.extractor.XWPFWordExtractor.<init>(XWPFWordExtractor.java:58)
at org.apache.poi.extractor.ExtractorFactory.createExtractor(ExtractorFactory.java:237)
at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.ooxml.OOXMLExtractorFactory.parse(OOXMLExtractorFactory.java:86)
at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.ooxml.OOXMLParser.parse(OOXMLParser.java:87)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.AbstractXWPFSDT.<init>(AbstractXWPFSDT.java:37)
at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFSDT.<init>(XWPFSDT.java:38)
at org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFFooter.onDocumentRead(XWPFFooter.java:124)
... 9 more

Issue Links

• depends upon: TIKA-2116 Upgrade to POI 3.16-beta1 when available