From 485e89f588a61b30f2aa2cb1d4e3406fce8d2bb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Lenz <thomas.lenz@egiz.gv.at>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:20:06 +0100
Subject: fix(placeholder): generate placeholderId using name and object
 reference

Reason: according to the PDF specification, a name only needs to be unique within a specific resource list, and multiple resource lists may exist within a document
---
 .../placeholder/SignaturePlaceholderExtractor.java | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'pdf-as-pdfbox-2/src/main/java/at/gv')

diff --git a/pdf-as-pdfbox-2/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/lib/impl/pdfbox2/placeholder/SignaturePlaceholderExtractor.java b/pdf-as-pdfbox-2/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/lib/impl/pdfbox2/placeholder/SignaturePlaceholderExtractor.java
index 011eac89..8716603b 100644
--- a/pdf-as-pdfbox-2/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/lib/impl/pdfbox2/placeholder/SignaturePlaceholderExtractor.java
+++ b/pdf-as-pdfbox-2/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/pdfas/lib/impl/pdfbox2/placeholder/SignaturePlaceholderExtractor.java
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.PDFStreamEngine;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.operator.Operator;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream.operator.OperatorProcessor;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSBase;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSObject;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.PDXObject;
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ public class SignaturePlaceholderExtractor extends PDFStreamEngine implements Pl
                        
             try {
               data.setTablePos(new TablePos(posString));
-              data.setPlaceholderName(objectName.getName());
+              data.setPlaceholderName(buildUniqueObjectName(objectName));
               log.debug("Found Placeholder at: {}", data.toString());
               placeholders.add(data);
               
@@ -291,7 +293,31 @@ public class SignaturePlaceholderExtractor extends PDFStreamEngine implements Pl
     
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Builds unique placeholderId from PDF element.
+   * 
+   * @param name PDF element name
+   * @return unique identifier
+   */
+  private String buildUniqueObjectName(COSName name)
+  {
+      COSDictionary dict = getResources().getCOSObject().getCOSDictionary(COSName.XOBJECT);
+      if (dict == null)
+      {
+          return name.getName();
+          
+      }
+      
+      COSBase base = dict.getItem(name);
+      if (base instanceof COSObject)
+      {                            
+          return name.getName() + "_" + String.valueOf(((COSObject) base).getObjectNumber());      
+          
+      }
 
+      return name.getName();
+      
+  }
   
   private SignaturePlaceholderData matchPlaceholderPage(
       List<SignaturePlaceholderData> placeholders, String placeholderId, int matchMode) {
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