From 2d9e4a3bf47a1614acfbc842eef28570fb44a2db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kakhnovich Raman <roma3122001@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:12:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix NPE in parseNextToken()

---
 src/main/java/org/verapdf/parser/PDFStreamParser.java | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/parser/PDFStreamParser.java b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/parser/PDFStreamParser.java
index 06537f2a..6865fd01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/verapdf/parser/PDFStreamParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/verapdf/parser/PDFStreamParser.java
@@ -193,8 +193,9 @@ public Object parseNextToken() throws IOException {
 					if (nextToken instanceof InlineImageOperator) {
 						imageOperator.setImageData(((InlineImageOperator) nextToken).getImageData());
 					} else {
-						throw new IOException("Unexpected token instead of " +
-								"operator in operator parsing: " + nextToken.toString());
+						throw new IOException(nextToken != null
+                                ? ("Unexpected token instead of operator in operator parsing: " + nextToken.toString())
+                                : "Null token instead of operator in operator parsing");
 					}
 				}
 				break;