Word 2016 docx: outlineLvl is always null

[rocketraman]

I have a Word 2016 docx which, when parsed by docx4j 3.3.7, all the p.pPr.outlineLvl values are null. Is this a bug?

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  val wordMlPackage = Docx4J.load(...)
  val mainDocPart = wordMlPackage.mainDocumentPart

  // some Kotlin sugar for getting all P's from content, and then mapping each to its outlineLvl value
  val outlineLvls = mainDocPart.content.filterIsInstance<P>().map { it.pPr?.outlineLvl }
  println(outlineLvls)  // [null, null, ..., null]


UPDATE: Just tried the same doc with Aspose.Words and the outlineLvl is set correctly, though I'm trying to find reasons not to use Aspose.Words beyond the fact that it's code is obfuscated and it is expensive

[jason]

Could you please attach sample docx?

[rocketraman]

Sure, see attached.

[jason]

In your sample docx, here is what a typical paragraph looks like:

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    <w:p w14:paraId="3FE8CFD8" w14:textId="441F448C" w:rsidR="00EE1C4D" w:rsidRDefault="00EE1C4D" w:rsidP="00EE1C4D">
      <w:pPr>
        <w:pStyle w:val="Heading1"/>
      </w:pPr>
      <w:r>
        <w:t>Text of Heading 1</w:t>
      </w:r>
    </w:p>
 

Parsed in 0.001 seconds, using GeSHi 1.0.8.4

In other words, none of the paragraphs contain outlineLvl as direct formatting.

It is however, set in the styles (ie styles part), for example:

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  <w:style w:type="paragraph" w:styleId="Heading1">
    <w:name w:val="heading 1"/>
    <w:basedOn w:val="Normal"/>
    <w:next w:val="Normal"/>
    <w:link w:val="Heading1Char"/>
    <w:uiPriority w:val="9"/>
    <w:qFormat/>
    <w:rsid w:val="00EE1C4D"/>
    <w:pPr>
      <w:keepNext/>
      <w:keepLines/>
      <w:spacing w:before="240" w:after="0"/>
      <w:outlineLvl w:val="0"/>
    </w:pPr>
    <w:rPr>
      <w:rFonts w:asciiTheme="majorHAnsi" w:eastAsiaTheme="majorEastAsia" w:hAnsiTheme="majorHAnsi" w:cstheme="majorBidi"/>
      <w:color w:val="2F5496" w:themeColor="accent1" w:themeShade="BF"/>
      <w:sz w:val="32"/>
      <w:szCs w:val="32"/>
    </w:rPr>
  </w:style>
 

Parsed in 0.002 seconds, using GeSHi 1.0.8.4

So what you need is a paragraph's effective properties. To get them, see https://github.com/plutext/docx4j/blob/ ... .java#L345

[rocketraman]

Thanks Jason, PropertyResolver with getEffectivePPr seems to work.