Author: tilman
Date: Wed Aug 26 10:20:59 2026
New Revision: 1937484
Log:
PDFBOX-6244: Clarify that parsing doesn't check signatures
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/Loader.java
Modified: pdfbox/branches/3.0/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/Loader.java
==============================================================================
--- pdfbox/branches/3.0/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/Loader.java
Wed Aug 26 10:20:55 2026 (r1937483)
+++ pdfbox/branches/3.0/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/Loader.java
Wed Aug 26 10:20:59 2026 (r1937484)
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF. Unrestricted main memory will be used for buffering PDF
streams.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param input byte array that contains the document. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBuffer} is used
* to read the data.
@@ -172,6 +174,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF. Unrestricted main memory will be used for buffering PDF
streams.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param input byte array that contains the document. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBuffer} is used
* to read the data.
@@ -189,6 +193,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF. Unrestricted main memory will be used for buffering PDF
streams.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param input byte array that contains the document. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBuffer} is used
* to read the data.
@@ -209,6 +215,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param input byte array that contains the document. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBuffer} is used
* to read the data.
@@ -243,6 +251,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF. Unrestricted main memory will be used for buffering PDF
streams.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param file file to be loaded. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBufferedFile} is used to read the
* file.
@@ -259,6 +269,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param file file to be loaded. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBufferedFile} is used to read the
* file.
@@ -278,6 +290,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF. Unrestricted main memory will be used for buffering PDF
streams.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param file file to be loaded. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBufferedFile} is used to read the
* file.
@@ -295,6 +309,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param file file to be loaded. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBufferedFile} is used to read the
* file.
@@ -316,6 +332,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF. Unrestricted main memory will be used for buffering PDF
streams.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param file file to be loaded. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBufferedFile} is used to read the
* file.
@@ -335,6 +353,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param file file to be loaded. {@link
org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessReadBufferedFile} is used to read the
* file.
@@ -367,6 +387,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF. Unrestricted main memory will be used for buffering PDF
new streams.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param randomAccessRead random access read representing the pdf to be
loaded. To pass an
* InputStream, wrap it into a {@link RandomAccessReadBuffer}.
@@ -383,6 +405,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param randomAccessRead random access read representing the pdf to be
loaded. To pass an
* InputStream, wrap it into a {@link RandomAccessReadBuffer}.
@@ -403,6 +427,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF. Unrestricted main memory will be used for buffering
new/altered PDF streams.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param randomAccessRead random access read representing the pdf to be
loaded. To pass an
* InputStream, wrap it into a {@link RandomAccessReadBuffer}.
@@ -421,6 +447,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF. Unrestricted main memory will be used for buffering
new/altered PDF streams.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param randomAccessRead random access read representing the pdf to be
loaded. To pass an
* InputStream, wrap it into a {@link RandomAccessReadBuffer}.
@@ -441,6 +469,8 @@ public class Loader
/**
* Parses a PDF.
+ * <p>
+ * Parsing does not include the verification or the validation of
electronic signatures.
*
* @param randomAccessRead random access read representing the pdf to be
loaded. To pass an
* InputStream, wrap it into a {@link RandomAccessReadBuffer}.
