What’s new in the Aspose.PDF for Java 23.12

Release Highlights

Aspose.PDF for Java 23.12 introduces subtype-based text extraction and removal, side-by-side page positioning, and improved control over annotation flattening and coordinate origin settings. This update also fixes major bugs including Java heap space errors, mixed language font rendering, and annotation redaction issues.

New Features

• Subtype-Based Text Extraction and Removal:
  • Added capability to identify and remove text based on form subtype, useful for structured PDF editing.

Enhancements

• Side-by-Side Page Positioning:
  • Enables better control over document layout by placing single-page documents adjacent to each other.

Bug Fixes

• Annotation Redaction Issues:
  • Fixed an issue where character data was dropped during redaction.
• PDF to Image Conversion Returns Empty Pages:
  • Corrected a regression causing blank output when converting PDFs to images.
• Flattening Annotations Causes Array Index Error:
  • Resolved ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when using annotation flattening methods.
• Java Heap Space Error Fixed:
  • Addressed memory overflow issue when processing large PDFs.
• Mixed Arabic-English Font Application Issue:
  • Improved font handling logic to maintain formatting across multilingual content.
• High CPU Usage on Page Extraction:
  • Performance improved for operations involving page extraction.
• NullPointerException in TaggedContent.setLanguage():
  • Fixed exception triggered when setting language tags in tagged PDF structures.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

✅ New Class

• com.aspose.pdf.CoordinateOrigin

✅ New Methods

• AbsorbedCell.getColSpan()
• Artifact.setPageNumberReplacementString(String)
• PdfFileSignature.removeSignatures()
• PdfAction.getECMAScriptString()
• TextFragmentState.getStrikeOut()
• TextFragmentState.getCoordinateOrigin()
• TextFragmentState.setCoordinateOrigin(int)
• TextState.getCoordinateOrigin()
• TextState.setCoordinateOrigin(int)
• XForm.getIT()
• XForm.getSubtype()

✅ New Exceptions

• ArgumentException
• JavascriptExtensionsException

🔍 Explore the Full Release Details

For full list of updates, please visit Aspose.PDF for Java 23.12 Release Notes

text extraction | flatten annotations | coordinate origin | pdf to image | heap space error