devel/itext/files/patch-core_com_lowagie_text_pdf_PdfStamperImp.java


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--- core/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfStamperImp.java.orig	2009-11-16 13:48:42.000000000 +0100
+++ core/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfStamperImp.java	2012-07-12 10:27:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -208,8 +208,17 @@
         }
         // metadata
         int skipInfo = -1;
-        PRIndirectReference iInfo = (PRIndirectReference)reader.getTrailer().get(PdfName.INFO);
-        PdfDictionary oldInfo = (PdfDictionary)PdfReader.getPdfObject(iInfo);
+        PRIndirectReference iInfo = null;
+        PdfDictionary oldInfo;
+        PdfObject dictInfo = reader.getTrailer().get(PdfName.INFO);
+        // Info dictionary in the trailer shall be an indirect reference,
+        // but a few broken softwares put it inline
+        if (dictInfo instanceof PdfDictionary) {
+            oldInfo = (PdfDictionary) dictInfo;
+        } else {
+            iInfo = (PRIndirectReference) dictInfo;
+            oldInfo = (PdfDictionary)PdfReader.getPdfObject(iInfo);
+        }
         String producer = null;
         if (iInfo != null)
             skipInfo = iInfo.getNumber();