What’s new in the Aspose.PDF for Java 24.11

Release Highlights

Aspose.PDF for Java 24.11 introduces critical updates to PDF/A compliance handling, annotation rendering, and document conversions. This release addresses a broad range of issues including HTML to PDF inaccuracies, DOCX export glitches, and cryptographic enhancements. New APIs extend support for signature algorithms, regex management, and logical structure manipulation.

Enhancements

• PDF/A Conversion Optimization:
  Improved handling of PdfFormat.PDF_A_3B to reduce file size increase during conversion, enhancing compliance performance without compromising output quality.

Bug Fixes

• DOCX Conversion Enhancements:

  • Fixed issues where table headers were split across lines or content shifted to incorrect pages.
  • Corrected missing underline formatting and inconsistent content placement.

• PDF/A and Resizing Issues:

  • Fixed errors that caused unreadable or non-loadable resized files in Adobe Acrobat.
  • Addressed compliance problems with PDF/A_3U and PDF/A_2B standards.
  • Resolved bug causing faded or unreadable characters when extracting document pages.

• HTML to PDF Improvements:

  • Fixed text truncation, misplaced content, and formatting issues in Hebrew and bidirectional text.
  • Addressed Java 17 compatibility and image source issues, preventing conversion failures.
  • Improved handling of line breaks, hyperlinks, and extra spacing.

• Annotations and Graphics:

  • Resolved a Mac OS-specific annotation rendering bug where rectangles appeared crossed.
  • Fixed alignment issues in highlight annotations.

• Other Conversion Fixes:

  • Fixed PNG export failures and markdown conversion exceptions.
  • Resolved table heading alignment bugs.
  • Eliminated null reference and rendering problems in several formats.

Public API and Backwards Incompatible Changes

Added Classes:

• com.aspose.pdf.CryptographicStandard
• com.aspose.pdf.RegexManager

Added Constructors:

• ExternalSignature(X509Certificate2, DigestHashAlgorithm)
• ExternalSignature(String, DigestHashAlgorithm)
• PKCS7Detached(InputStream, DigestHashAlgorithm)
• PKCS7Detached(String, String, DigestHashAlgorithm)
• PKCS7Detached(DigestHashAlgorithm)

Added Methods:

• PdfFileSignature.getSignaturesInfo()
• GraphInfo.getX() / getY()
• Signature.getSignatureAlgorithmInfo()
• SignHash.invoke(byte[], DigestHashAlgorithm)
• Logical structure enhancements including:
  • Element.appendChild(Element, boolean)
  • Element.insertChild(Element, int, boolean)
  • StructureElement.changeParentElement(StructureElement, boolean)
  • StructureElement.removeAndMoveItsChildObjectsToItsParent()

Removed Methods:

• CurveTo.getPoints()
• Deprecated methods in OptimizationOptions and outdated addImage() overloads.

Marked Deprecated:

• OptimizationOptions.setLinkDuplcateStreams(boolean)
• OptimizationOptions.getLinkDuplcateStreams()

Renamed Methods:

• Getter methods in OptimizationOptions now use is prefix for boolean properties (e.g., getAllowReusePageContent() → isAllowReusePageContent()).

Added Fields:

• Curve control points: CurveTo.X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3

Replaced:

• Replaced ExternalSignature.getCertificate() with public field ExternalSignature#Certificate

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For full list of updates, please visit Aspose.PDF for Java 24.11 Release Notes.

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