[jira] [Commented] (TIKA-2450) OfficeParser.parse called for zero-byte file with .doc extension

["Tim Allison (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Tim Allison commented on TIKA-2450:
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Hmmm...should we add a TikaZeroByteException?  Even if a file were 0 bytes, I think I'd want the extension detection to work.  

I realize this is somewhat philosophical. :)

[~lfcnassif] and others who may often come across 0-byte files...recommendations?

> OfficeParser.parse called for zero-byte file with .doc extension
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>
>                 Key: TIKA-2450
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-2450
>             Project: Tika
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: detector, parser
>    Affects Versions: 1.16
>            Reporter: Matthew Caruana Galizia
>            Priority: Minor
>
> A zero-byte (empty) file with a .doc extension is detected as a Word Document and the {{OfficeParser.parse}} method is called for this file.
> We then get a {{TikaException}}, with the cause given as an {{org.apache.poi.EmptyFileException}}.
> I think it would be more useful if the file were NOT detected as a Word Document, meaning that the {{AutoDetectParser}} would then fall back to whatever is set as the fallback parser in the parse context.
> This is more useful because the user can then trigger some special logic for handling empty files.



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