Are you using my patch and calling my function when you get this NPE? I've processing a large number of PDFs from various sources which are encrypted and haven't run into this. I'm just opening, decrypting, stripping all encryption, and saving. This sounds like the same thing you're doing...
I'd suggest posting the simplest code segment possible which illustrates the issue and the stacktrace to the developer list. I would agree that it's a bug and should be changed somehow, but it may be that the proper thing is to throw an exception and the solution will just be to throw a different exception with a better error message. In that case it wouldn't solve your problem, but either way we should be able to get an answer for you. --Adam "Hesham G." <heshamgne...@gmail.com> 11/03/2009 22:56 Please respond to pdfbox-users@incubator.apache.org To <pdfbox-users@incubator.apache.org> cc Subject Re: Fwd: PDF Permissions Faisal , You have 2 permissions types to access a PDF, each has his own password : Owner & User. The Owner can do all the operations in the PDF, so as Adam said your problem may be because you are accessing the PDF as the owner, that's why you can still print it. Adam , Isn't it a bug that should be added to PDFBox that if we have an Encrypted PDF that we want to decrypt, then save it decrypted. I guess this is a normal demand, but as I mentioned before, it causes the NullPointerException. Best regards , Hesham ? Click here to submit conditions This email and any content within or attached hereto from Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc. is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named on this email. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this email information is strictly prohibited, and that the documents should be returned to this office immediately by email. Receipt by anyone other than the intended recipient is not a waiver of any privilege. Please do not include your social security number, account number, or any other personal or financial information in the content of the email. Should you have any questions, please call (800) 453 7884.
