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Li Xu commented on PDFBOX-1512:
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I think I've figured out the workaround. Oracle's doc is correct that you can
indeed use the java.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort override. However, I first
tried it with System.setProperty() and it did not work. When I pass it to jvm
as -Djava.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort=true, I'm now able to avoid this error.
> TextPositionComparator is not compatible with Java 7
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>
> Key: PDFBOX-1512
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-1512
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Text extraction
> Affects Versions: 1.7.1
> Environment: Java 7
> Reporter: Benjamin Papez
> Assignee: Andreas Lehmkühler
> Attachments: TextPositionComparator.java
>
>
> The TextPostionCompartor causes the following exception running on Java 7:
> Unexpected RuntimeException from
> org.apache.tika.parser.ParserDecorator$1@9007fa2 Original cause: Comparison
> method violates its general contract!
> I think the problem is with this check:
> if ( yDifference < .1 ||
> (pos2YBottom >= pos1YTop && pos2YBottom <= pos1YBottom) ||
> (pos1YBottom >= pos2YTop && pos1YBottom <= pos2YBottom))
> as it violates the contract requirement:
> The implementor must also ensure that the relation is transitive:
> ((compare(x, y)>0) && (compare(y, z)>0)) implies compare(x, z)>0.
> Finally, the implementor must ensure that compare(x, y)==0 implies that
> sgn(compare(x, z))==sgn(compare(y, z)) for all z.
> Java 7 now is strict and throws exceptions when the contract is violated.
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