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  1. Tika
  2. TIKA-2198

NullPointerException on a valid Word file

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 1.14
    • 1.15, 2.0.0
    • parser
    • None

    • Windows 7 x64, JVM 1.8.0_101

    Description

      On the attached file, which opens fine in Word, the Tika parser throws the following error:

      java.lang.NullPointerException:
      at org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.ListTables.getLevel:141
      at org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel.Paragraph.newParagraph:125
      at org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel.Range.getParagraph:766
      at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.WordExtractor.parse:178
      at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.OfficeParser.parse:169
      at org.apache.tika.parser.microsoft.OfficeParser.parse:130

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          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. TIKA-2181 Upgrade to POI 3.16-beta2 when available

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Resolved

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              sevaa Seva Alekseyev
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