Hi Kevin, > Am 08.09.2015 um 16:45 schrieb Kevin Ternes <[email protected]>: > > > I get a lot of weird documents. When I try to set a particular field value, > some of them throw NullPointerExceptions from line PDAcroForm.getField(), > line 291: > > 287: COSArray fields = > 288: (COSArray) acroForm.getDictionaryObject( > 289: COSName.getPDFName("Fields")); > 290: > 291: for (int i = 0; i < fields.size() && retval == null; i++) > 292:{ > > To avoid this, at first I was calling PDAcroForm.getFields() and checking > that to see if that was NULL but I realized that it would usually create a > new fields array to return which seemed wasteful. > > Is the most efficient way to avoid this to first call: > COSArray fields = (COSArray) acroForm.getDictionaryObject( > COSName.getPDFName("Fields")); > myself and check if that is NULL? > > > Secondary Question: > The method PDAcroForm.getFields() does a not-NULL check of fields before > calling fields.size(). > Is there a reason that this check is not performed in getField()?
which version of PDFBox are you using? BR Maruan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
