From 7e8242d7b6f9ab9763192eba62cbb93ea4e3b787 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derry Hamilton <derryh@rasilon.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:40:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle empty directories when loading the file

---
 src/main/java/mil/nga/tiff/TiffReader.java | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/mil/nga/tiff/TiffReader.java b/src/main/java/mil/nga/tiff/TiffReader.java
index 92f552d..7fec637 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mil/nga/tiff/TiffReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mil/nga/tiff/TiffReader.java
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ private static Object readFieldValues(ByteReader reader,
 		Object values = null;
 		if (typeCount == 1 && fieldTag != null && !fieldTag.isArray()
 				&& !(fieldType == FieldType.RATIONAL
-						|| fieldType == FieldType.SRATIONAL)) {
+						|| fieldType == FieldType.SRATIONAL)
+                && !valuesList.isEmpty()) {
 			values = valuesList.get(0);
 		} else {
 			values = valuesList;