[TIKA-3238] RTFParser fails to generate full content of an RTF file that has been generated in libreoffice

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.24.1
• Component/s: parser
• Labels: Parser parse-tika
• Flags: Important
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Bruno
• Created: 26/Nov/20 20:52
• Updated: 26/Nov/20 20:56

Description

Some RTF files, when created in libreoffice writer seem to not be parsed correctly. The RTFParser seems to extract only a portion of the text (ex: the title).

However if the same file is opened in a Windows Word and saved again as an RTF file, the parser is able to extract the full text.

An example file is attached in the ticket.

 

And this would be a small snippet of the parser:

private static final Set<MediaType> EXCLUDES = Collections.singleton(MediaType.application("x-tika-ooxml"));

private static final Parser PARSERS[] = new Parser[] {
        new RTFParser()
};

private static final AutoDetectParser PARSER_INSTANCE = new AutoDetectParser(PARSERS);

private static final Tika TIKA_INSTANCE = new Tika(PARSER_INSTANCE.getDetector(), PARSER_INSTANCE);

public String parse(InputStream content) {
    return TIKA_INSTANCE.parseToString(content)
}