primefaces dataExporter PDF problem in version 13.0.0

[zapeSpawn]

I have a problem. Since I updated the primefaces version to 13.0.0.0 the datatable export via the p:dataExporter component has stopped working. I have seen that they have changed the PDF export libraries but I have tried several different ways and it returns an empty pdf.

Part of my pom.xml file:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
        <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
        <version>5.2.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
        <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
        <version>5.2.3</version>
        <exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
                <artifactId>batik-all</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>de.rototor.pdfbox</groupId>
                <artifactId>graphics2d</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.apache.santuario</groupId>
                <artifactId>xmlsec</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>com.github.virtuald</groupId>
                <artifactId>curvesapi</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>
    <!--
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.13.3</version> // 5.5.13.2
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>itext-pdfa</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.13.3</version> // 5.5.13.2 
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>itext-xtra</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.13.3</version> // 5.5.13.2
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf.tool</groupId>
        <artifactId>xmlworker</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.13.3</version> // 5.5.13.2 
    </dependency>  
    -->
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.24</version>
    </dependency>   
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>openpdf-fonts-extra</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.24</version>
    </dependency>

    <!-- Jasper reports -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
        <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
        <version>6.3.0</version>
    </dependency>

.....

My part of the code where I use the component:

<p:commandLink>

<p:dataExporter type="pdf" target="dataTable" fileName="listado_contactos_#{util.randomString(7)}" pageOnly="false"/>
</p:commandLink>

Thanks!!

[melloware]

Because iText is not open source after version 2.17 we stopped using it and now use Libre PDF. See: https://primefaces.github.io/primefaces/13_0_0/#/gettingstarted/dependencies

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
            <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
            <version>1.3.29</version>
        </dependency>

Could that be your issue?

[zapeSpawn]

Hello,
First of all thank you for your reply. No, it does not solve anything, it still returns a PDF with 0 bytes and the problem is in the export because in previous versions of primefaces the same code worked.

I have the feeling that in some aspects instead of advancing according to the version it is going backwards.

I put below the libraries that I import in the pom:

"
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<spring.version>5.3.29</spring.version>
<spring.security.version>5.8.6</spring.security.version>
<spring.data.version>2.7.13</spring.data.version>
<jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
<primefaces.version>13.0.0</primefaces.version>
<primefaces.extentions.version>13.0.0</primefaces.extentions.version>
"

    <!-- SPRING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!              -->
    
    <!-- Spring 3 dependencies -->              
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>	

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
		
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
	
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <!-- Spring + aspects -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.data.version}</version> 
        <type>jar</type>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.data.version}</version> <!-- 1.11.18.RELEASE -->
        <type>jar</type>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <!-- Spring Security -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.security.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.security.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.security.version}</version>
    </dependency>        
    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.webflow</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-faces</artifactId>
       <version>2.5.1.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>        
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
        <type>jar</type>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
        <type>jar</type>
    </dependency>
    
    <!-- 
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-integration-mail</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.16</version>
    </dependency>
    -->
    
    <!-- SPRING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!              -->        
    
    <!-- Omnifaces: Libreria de utilidades para JSF -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.omnifaces</groupId>
        <artifactId>omnifaces</artifactId>            
        <version>1.14.1</version> <!-- old 1.14.1 -->
    </dependency>        

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jasypt</groupId>
        <artifactId>jasypt</artifactId>
        <version>1.9.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jasypt</groupId>
        <artifactId>jasypt-springsecurity3</artifactId>
        <version>1.9.3</version>
    </dependency>
     
    <!-- myfaces -->        
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId>
        <artifactId>myfaces-api</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.10</version> <!-- 2.3.9 -->
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId>
        <artifactId>myfaces-impl</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.10</version> <!-- 2.3.9 -->
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
        <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
        <version>1.2</version>
    </dependency>
   
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.primefaces</groupId>
        <artifactId>primefaces</artifactId>
        <version>${primefaces.version}</version> 
        <!--
        Si jakarta ¿?
        <classifier>jakarta</classifier>            
        -->
    </dependency>
            
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.primefaces</groupId>
        <artifactId>siberia</artifactId>
        <version>4.0.1</version>
    </dependency>
     
    <!-- Extensiones para que funcionen exportaciones a excel, pdf y csv -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.primefaces.extensions</groupId>
        <artifactId>primefaces-extensions</artifactId>
        <version>${primefaces.extentions.version}</version>            
    </dependency>

    <!-- Hibernate library -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
        <version>5.6.15.Final</version> <!-- 5.6.1.Final -->
        <!-- Excluyo javassist ya que se incluye abajo de forma independiente -->
        <exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
                <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
        <version>5.6.15.Final</version> <!-- 5.4.3.Final -->
    </dependency>
    
    <!-- Para validaciones contra los modelos usando anotaciones -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
        <version>5.4.3.Final</version> 
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-validator-annotation-processor</artifactId>
        <version>5.4.3.Final</version>
    </dependency>
        		
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
        <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
        <version>3.29.2-GA</version> <!-- old 3.25.0-GA -->
    </dependency>
    
    <!-- MySQL Java Connector library -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
        <version>5.1.49</version> <!-- old 5.1.47 -->
    </dependency>

    <!-- Pool -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.mchange</groupId>
        <artifactId>c3p0</artifactId>
        <version>0.9.5.5</version> <!-- old 0.9.5.4 -->
    </dependency>            
	
    <!-- Joda-time para trabajar con fechas -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
        <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
        <version>2.12.5</version> <!-- old 2.10.13 -->
    </dependency>
    
    <!-- log4j !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -->
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
        <version>2.20.0</version> <!-- 2.15.0 -->
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
        <version>2.20.0</version> <!-- 2.15.0 -->
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>log4j-web</artifactId>
        <version>2.20.0</version> <!-- 2.15.0 -->
    </dependency>

    <!-- log4j !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -->
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
        <artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
        <version>2.6</version>
        <type>jar</type>
    </dependency>
            
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
        <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
        <version>4.0.1</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    
    <!-- cdi -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
        <artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.SP1</version> <!-- 2.0 -->
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
        <version>2.10.1</version> <!-- 2.8.9 -->
        <type>jar</type>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax</groupId>
        <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
        <version>8.0.1</version> <!-- old 8.0 -->
        <scope>provided</scope>           
    </dependency>
     
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.ejb</groupId>
        <artifactId>jboss-ejb-api_3.1_spec</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.2.Final</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
        <version>1.2</version>
        <type>jar</type>
    </dependency>
    
    <!-- Para subida de ficheros -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
        <version>1.5</version> 
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
        <version>2.12.0</version> <!-- old 2.8.0 -->
    </dependency>
    <!-- Log -->
    <!-- Envio de emails -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-email</artifactId>
        <version>1.5</version>
    </dependency>
    <!-- Apache POI -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
        <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
        <version>5.2.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
        <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
        <version>5.2.3</version>
        <exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
                <artifactId>batik-all</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>de.rototor.pdfbox</groupId>
                <artifactId>graphics2d</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.apache.santuario</groupId>
                <artifactId>xmlsec</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>com.github.virtuald</groupId>
                <artifactId>curvesapi</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
                <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>
    <!--
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.13.3</version> // 5.5.13.2
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>itext-pdfa</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.13.3</version> // 5.5.13.2 
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>itext-xtra</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.13.3</version> // 5.5.13.2
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.itextpdf.tool</groupId>
        <artifactId>xmlworker</artifactId>
        <version>5.5.13.3</version> // 5.5.13.2 
    </dependency>  
    -->
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.29</version>
    </dependency>   
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>openpdf-fonts-extra</artifactId>
        <version>1.3.29</version>
    </dependency>

    <!-- Jasper reports -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
        <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
        <version>6.3.0</version>
    </dependency>          
    <!-- supercsv -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.sf.supercsv</groupId>
        <artifactId>super-csv</artifactId>
        <version>2.4.0</version>
    </dependency>        
    <!-- parseo de bytes -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.jakewharton.byteunits</groupId>
        <artifactId>byteunits</artifactId>
        <version>0.9.1</version>
    </dependency>
    <!-- thunmalaitor -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.coobird</groupId>
        <artifactId>thumbnailator</artifactId>
        <version>0.4.20</version> <!-- 0.4.19 -->
        <type>jar</type>
    </dependency>
    <!-- api rest -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
        <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
        <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
    </dependency>  
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
        <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
    </dependency>        
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
        <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.1</version>
        <scope>runtime</scope>
    </dependency>
    
      <!-- pdf merge -->
     <!--
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
        <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.27</version> // 2.0.21
    </dependency>
    -->
    
    <dependency>    
        <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
        <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
        <version>1.18.28</version>  <!-- 1.18.28 -->          
</dependency>
    
    <!-- validator -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
        <version>1.7</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
        <version>1.10.0</version> <!-- 1.9 -->
</dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-imaging</artifactId>
        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.json</groupId>
        <artifactId>json</artifactId>
        <version>20230227</version> <!-- 20210307 -->
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
        <artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>
        <version>0.9.1</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.vladimir-bukhtoyarov</groupId>
        <artifactId>bucket4j-core</artifactId>
        <version>7.6.0</version> <!-- 7.6.0 -->
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
        <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
        <version>2.10.9.2</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <!-- asterisk -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.asteriskjava</groupId>
        <artifactId>asterisk-java</artifactId>
        <version>3.39.0</version> <!-- 3.39.0 -->
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
        <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
        <version>1.16.1</version> <!-- 1.16.1 -->
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer</groupId>
        <artifactId>owasp-java-html-sanitizer</artifactId>
        <version>20220608.1</version>
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
        <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId> <!-- Advanced security (content type validation) for FileUpload -->
        <version>2.7.0</version> <!-- 2.7.0 -->
    </dependency>
    
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.vladsch.flexmark</groupId>
        <artifactId>flexmark-html2md-converter</artifactId>
        <version>0.62.2</version>
    </dependency>
    
   
</dependencies>

[melloware]

Hmm I use PDF exporter without issue and you can also see it works fine on the PF 13 showcase? So I feel like there is some other issue with your code.

Can you create a small reproducer? Because it's working fine for me.

See: https://www.primefaces.org/showcase/ui/data/dataexporter/basic.xhtml