I tested it with the debugger app. It works very well. The page renders and the exceptions are only logged.
Can we expect this to be out in version 3.0.8? Thanks a million, Constantine -- There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely with the work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them! - Richard P. Feynman On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> wrote: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-6206 > > fixed, you can try a snapshot here > > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/pdfbox/pdfbox-app/3.0.8-SNAPSHOT/ > > Tilman > > Am 27.05.2026 um 15:14 schrieb Constantine Dokolas: > > Thank you for replying. I appreciate it. > > > > Unfortunately the document contains sensitive info. I hope you can > > replicate the issue using the following debugger screenshot: > > > > image.png > > > > Thanks for taking the time, > > Constantine > > > > -- > > There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers > > knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely > > with the work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them! > > - Richard P. Feynman > > > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM Tilman Hausherr > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I did read it then for some reason did nothing. > > > > The problem is that the return value is an array backed by the > > annotation COSArray, so this doesn't really work if we'd have a > > different number in the COSArray and in the annotation array. > > > > However I see that it is already done that we skip stuff if it is > > filtered, so maybe we should skip exceptions as well. It looks > > like this > > now: > > > > PDAnnotation createdAnnotation = > > PDAnnotation.createAnnotation(item); > > if (annotationFilter.accept(createdAnnotation)) > > { > > actuals.add(createdAnnotation); > > } > > > > and we could change it like this: > > > > try > > { > > PDAnnotation createdAnnotation = > > PDAnnotation.createAnnotation(item); > > if (annotationFilter.accept(createdAnnotation)) > > { > > actuals.add(createdAnnotation); > > } > > } > > catch (IOException ex) > > { > > LOG.error(ex.getMessage(), ex); > > } > > > > Can you share such a file? > > > > Tilman > > > > Am 27.05.2026 um 11:22 schrieb Constantine Dokolas: > > > No one is willing to reply? > > > > > > :( > > > > > > Constantine > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM Constantine Dokolas > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> I sent this to the "dev" list by mistake. Reposting to "users"... > > >> > > >> > > >> Hi all! > > >> > > >> I'm working with a PDF that has an invalid "Annots" dictionary > > on a page. > > >> The issue is that the dictionary is just an array of ints > > (COSInt). Because > > >> of that, parsing the page throws this exception (this is as it > > appears in > > >> the PDFBox debugging app): > > >> > > >> java.lang.RuntimeException: > > java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: > > >>> java.io.IOException: Error: Unknown annotation type COSInt{278} > > >>> > > >>> > > > > org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.pagepane.PagePane$RenderWorker.done(PagePane.java:584) > > >>> > > >>> > > > > java.desktop/sun.swing.AccumulativeRunnable.run(AccumulativeRunnable.java:112) > > >>> Caused by: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: > > java.io.IOException: > > >>> Error: Unknown annotation type COSInt{278} > > >>> > > >>> > > > > org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.pagepane.PagePane$RenderWorker.done(PagePane.java:569) > > >>> > > >>> > > > > java.desktop/sun.swing.AccumulativeRunnable.run(AccumulativeRunnable.java:112) > > >>> Caused by: java.io.IOException: Error: Unknown annotation type > > COSInt{278} > > >>> > > >>> > > > > org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotation.createAnnotation(PDAnnotation.java:166) > > >>> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage.getAnnotations(PDPage.java:779) > > >>> > > org.apache.pdfbox.rendering.PageDrawer.drawPage(PageDrawer.java:291) > > >>> > > >>> > > > org.apache.pdfbox.rendering.PDFRenderer.renderImage(PDFRenderer.java:348) > > >>> > > >>> > > > > org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.pagepane.PagePane$RenderWorker.doInBackground(PagePane.java:546) > > >>> > > >>> > > > > org.apache.pdfbox.debugger.pagepane.PagePane$RenderWorker.doInBackground(PagePane.java:525) > > >>> java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1474) > > >> > > >> Is there, perhaps (I don't expect there is), a way to ignore these > > >> entries? The issue is that most PDF viewers ignore these > > entries, but > > >> PDFBox crashes. > > >> > > >> Generally, we have difficulty explaining to our customers that > > PDFs must > > >> be well-formed and standards-compliant for us to process them, > > but the > > >> usual counter-argument is "but it works with Acrobat!" > > >> I wonder if anyone has suggestions (that work IRL) on how to > > counter this > > >> argument. > > >> > > >> Have a great day, > > >> Constantine > > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > >
