Fix comparison of Keys in Name Trees by LonelyMidoriya · Pull Request #742 · veraPDF/veraPDF-parser

LonelyMidoriya · 2026-10-26T13:47:00Z

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Bug Fixes
- Destination and name-tree lookups now compare PDF string names consistently, including names containing non-ASCII bytes or represented with different literal and hexadecimal encodings.
- Names sharing a common prefix are ordered by their full byte values and length, helping lookups return the correct result for exact limits, ranges, and keys distributed across child nodes.
- This improves the reliability of resolving destinations and other entries stored in PDF name trees.

coderabbitai · 2026-10-26T13:47:14Z

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Name-tree keys and limits now use COSString values. COSString provides unsigned-byte comparison. Destination lookup paths pass the direct base COSString to the name tree.

Changes: Name-tree lookup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
COSString comparison and name-tree keys `src/main/java/org/verapdf/cos/COSString.java`, `src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDNameTreeNode.java`, `src/test/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDNameTreeNodeTest.java`	`COSString` adds unsigned-byte comparison. `PDNameTreeNode` stores keys and limits as `COSString` values and uses them for name-tree lookup. Tests cover key comparison, limits, encoding equivalence, and child-node lookup.
Destination lookup integration `src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDAnnotation.java`, `src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDDestination.java`	Both destination lookup paths pass the direct base `COSString` to the name-tree lookup.

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Existing integrations may fail to compile or run after upgrading. Preserve compatibility or explicitly accept and document the breaking API change before merging.

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The title "Fix comparison of Keys in Name Trees" matches the main change. The PR adds COSString.compare, which compares name-tree keys as unsigned bytes. PDNameTreeNode now stores and looks up keys as COSString, and PDNameTreeNodeTest covers unsigned-byte comparison. The title is short, specific, and states the primary change.

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- Line 135: Update the leaf lookup in PDNameTreeNode to compare the requested
key against raw COSString keys using byte-by-byte equality, rather than looking
up by key.getString() in the decoded names map. Return the value associated with
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src/main/java/org/verapdf/cos/COSString.java
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src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDDestination.java
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coderabbitai · 2026-10-27T15:41:28Z

-	public COSObject getObject(String key) {
-		String[] limits = this.getLimitsArray();
-		if (limits.length == 2 && (key.compareTo(limits[0]) < 0 || key.compareTo(limits[1]) > 0)) {
+	public COSObject getObject(COSString key) {


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git diff cdbd343b729ec7769db172f72a27fa21450b033b 78a2d83db1ee695344d10bc2641a52bbd0e65aad -- src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDNameTreeNode.java rg -n 'getNames|getLimitsArray|parseLimitsArray|getObject$|containsKey\(' src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDNameTreeNode.java pom.xml

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set -o pipefail printf '%s\n' '--- base declarations ---' git show cdbd343b729ec7769db172f72a27fa21450b033b:src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDNameTreeNode.java | nl -ba | sed -n '70,190p' printf '%s\n' '--- head declarations ---' git show 78a2d83db1ee695344d10bc2641a52bbd0e65aad:src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDNameTreeNode.java | nl -ba | sed -n '70,190p' printf '%s\n' '--- repository consumers ---' rg -n --glob '*.java' -e 'PDNameTreeNode' -e '\.getNames\($' -e '\.getLimitsArray' -e '\.parseLimitsArray' -e '\.getObject\(' -e '\.containsKey\(' src pom.xml || test "$?" -eq 1 printf '%s\n' '--- versioning and compatibility configuration ---' rg -n -i --glob '!target/**' -e 'japicmp|revapi|binary.compat|compatib|api.?break|public api|maven.compiler|<version>|<artifactId>' pom.xml .github README.md docs src 2>/dev/null || true

Repository: veraPDF/veraPDF-parser

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Preserve legacy signatures or document an intentional breaking API change.

getObject(String) and containsKey(String) now have different parameter descriptors. getLimitsArray() and parseLimitsArray() now have different array return descriptors. Existing source callers will not compile, and compiled callers can fail with NoSuchMethodError.

getNames() is a narrower case. Its generic type changes, but both versions erase to Map, so the method is not directly binary-incompatible. It remains source-incompatible, and existing binaries that read keys as String can fail because the returned keys are now COSString.

If compatibility is required, retain the String lookup overloads and the original names/limits methods. Add differently named COSString APIs where return-type overloading is impossible. If this release intentionally permits breaking changes, document the migration and release policy. Documentation alone does not preserve existing binaries.

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Fix comparison of Keys in Name Trees

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LonelyMidoriya requested a review from MaximPlusov October 26, 2026 13:47

LonelyMidoriya self-assigned this Oct 26, 2026

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Comment thread src/main/java/org/verapdf/pd/PDNameTreeNode.java Resolved

LonelyMidoriya added 2 commits October 26, 2026 16:01

Refactor PDNameTreeNode to use COSString as keys in names map

acb0203

Rename comparison method to compare

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