[jira] [Created] (TIKA-1233) PDFBox can throw StringIndexOutOfBoundsException on some dates

[Tim Allison (JIRA)]

Tim Allison created TIKA-1233:
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             Summary: PDFBox can throw StringIndexOutOfBoundsException on some 
dates
                 Key: TIKA-1233
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-1233
             Project: Tika
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: parser
    Affects Versions: 1.5
            Reporter: Tim Allison
            Priority: Trivial
             Fix For: 1.6


PDFBOX's date parser can throw a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException if a date 
string for parsing is empty or contains only spaces.  A few of my test pdfs 
have this "feature."

I've raised PDFBOX-1883.  Until that is resolved, we can add an extra catch to 
prevent this from causing problems in TIKA

{noformat}
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@
             addMetadata(metadata, TikaCoreProperties.CREATED, 
info.getCreationDate());
         } catch (IOException e) {
             // Invalid date format, just ignore
+        } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e){
+            //remove after PDFBOX-1883 is fixed
+            // Invalid date format, just ignore
         }
         try {
             Calendar modified = info.getModificationDate();
@@ -178,6 +181,9 @@
             addMetadata(metadata, TikaCoreProperties.MODIFIED, modified);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             // Invalid date format, just ignore
+        } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e){
+            //remove after PDFBOX-1883 is fixed
+            // Invalid date format, just ignore
         }

{noformat}

I'd commit now, but I don't want to interfere with cutting of 1.5.  Let me know 
if I should commit, or please do it for me if appropriate.



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