What’s new in the Aspose.PDF for Java 24.2

Release Highlights

Aspose.PDF for Java 24.2 delivers robust format support and improved editing capabilities, introducing long-awaited features like OFD to PDF conversion and watermark support for XFA files. This release also enhances PDF annotation controls and resolves numerous rendering and export issues to ensure higher fidelity document processing.

New Features

• OFD to PDF Conversion: Seamlessly convert OFD (Open Fixed-layout Document) files to PDF, expanding compatibility with Asian digital document standards.

• Watermarking for XFA PDFs: Now supports applying watermarks to dynamic XFA forms, enabling consistent branding and documentation security.

• Annotation StateModel Support: Introduced methods for managing annotation review and marked states, increasing support for document collaboration workflows.

Enhancements

• Font Embedding Optimization in DOC Export: DocSaveOptions.setReSaveFonts(boolean) allows better control over embedded fonts when saving documents.

• Flattened Conversion with OCR: Enhanced convertWithFlatten() now supports HOCR callbacks, improving text recognition in image-rich PDFs.

• TeX and Markdown Enhancements: Added detailed page control and memory management in Markdown and TeX loaders for optimized rendering.

Bug Fixes

• PDF to DOCX/XLSX:

  • Fixed incorrect paragraph marks, merged table issues, and missing backgrounds.
  • Solved layout, corruption, and splitting problems across various table and text cases.

• PDF to Image Conversion:

  • Resolved quality degradation in JPEG export with the new engine.

• Accessibility and Form Fixes:

  • Tag extraction from split PDFs now works reliably.
  • Rotation and formatting bugs in form fields and extracted text corrected.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

Added Classes

• com.aspose.pdf.cdr.CdrConverter
• com.aspose.pdf.djvu.DjvuConverter
• com.aspose.pdf.Document.CallBackGetHocrWithPage
• com.aspose.pdf.printing.PrintPaperSources
• com.aspose.pdf.tex.TeXLoadResult
• com.aspose.pdf.vector.GraphicState

Added Base and Nested Classes

• Base: com.aspose.pdf.Document.CallBackGetHocrBase
• Promoted: com.aspose.pdf.SignHash is now a top-level class

Added Methods

• Annotation state control: setReviewState(), clearState(), getStateModel(), etc.
• TeX, Markdown, and Html loaders: options for page info and CSS rules
• Utilities: Resources.freeMemory(), OperatorCollection.dispose(), etc.

Removed Methods

• Deprecated annotation state methods from TextAnnotation

New Constructors and Fields

• PrintPaperSource(String, int)
• TextStamp(FormattedText, TextState)
• PrintPaperSourceKind.AutomaticFeed

🔍 Explore the Full Release Details

For full list of updates, please visit Aspose.PDF for Java 24.2 Release Notes.

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