https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66576
Bug ID: 66576
Summary: It is difficult to handle files with wrong formats
Product: POI
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: POI Overall
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Although POI defines InvalidFormatException, when XSSF encounters files with
wrong formats, it hides this exception and throws IOException. For example,
XSSFWorkbook has the following code:
public int addOlePackage(byte[] oleData, String label, String fileName, String
command)
throws IOException {
final XSSFRelation rel = XSSFRelation.OLEEMBEDDINGS;
// find an unused part name
OPCPackage opc = getPackage();
PackagePartName pnOLE;
int oleId;
try {
oleId = opc.getUnusedPartIndex(rel.getDefaultFileName());
pnOLE = PackagingURIHelper.createPartName(rel.getFileName(oleId));
} catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
throw new IOException("ole object name not recognized", e);
}
Indeed, I notice that POIXMLDocument even bypasses thrown
InvalidFormatException:
public static OPCPackage openPackage(String path) throws IOException {
try {
return OPCPackage.open(path);
} catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
throw new IOException(e.toString(), e);
}
}
Do POI developers have plans to deprecate InvalidFormatException? Shall I catch
IOException to handle files whose formats are wrong?
Meanwhile, I find that other APIs hide IOException and throw
InvalidFormatException. For example, EncryptedTempFilePackagePart of OOXML has
the following code:
public boolean load(InputStream is) throws InvalidFormatException {
try (OutputStream os = getOutputStreamImpl()) {
IOUtils.copy(is, os);
} catch(IOException e) {
throw new InvalidFormatException(e.getMessage(), e);
}
// All done
return true;
}
As another example, ZipEntrySource has the following code:
protected PackagePartCollection getPartsImpl() throws InvalidFormatException {
...
try {
this.contentTypeManager = new ZipContentTypeManager(
zipArchive.getInputStream(contentTypeEntry), this);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new InvalidFormatException(e.getMessage(), e);
}
}
It is quite confusing. It is also difficult for programmers like me to
implement handling code. Can POI throw consistent exceptions, when file formats
are wrong?
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