What’s new in the Aspose.PDF for Java 24.6

Release Highlights

Aspose.PDF for Java 24.6 delivers vital features for document metadata management, paragraph content replacement, and text extraction control. This release introduces PDF v2.0 metadata setters, ODS vertical alignment handling, and support for external signature decoding, extending PDF accessibility and security in enterprise workflows.

New Features

• External Signature Decoding Support:

  • Signing PDFs using external certificates now includes enhanced decoding for improved security and integration flexibility.

• PDF v2.0 Metadata Setters:

  • Developers can now access and modify XMP metadata using new Metadata.getItem() and setItem() methods, aligning with the PDF 2.0 specification.

Enhancements

• ODS Export Vertical Alignment:

  • More accurate rendering of cell content alignment during PDF to ODS conversions.

• Paragraph-Level Text Replacement:

  • Use ParagraphAbsorber in combination with TextReplaceOptions to target and replace paragraph content precisely.

• Text Absorption Area Control:

  • Ability to define restricted areas for TextAbsorber, ensuring sensitive content is excluded from extraction.

• Standardization of Enum Values:

  • Over 60 internal constants converted into Java-native enum types for a more intuitive and safe API.

Bug Fixes

• Layout and Format Corrections:

  • Fixed various DOCX and Excel conversion issues, including misaligned bullet points, incorrect cell spacing, and improperly merged tables.
  • Resolved longstanding issues related to bidirectional text (e.g., Arabic rendered in LTR format).

• Content Rendering and Extraction:

  • Improved HTML to PDF conversion fidelity, especially around list formatting and missing/overlapping content.
  • Restored accurate text fragment detection with TextAbsorber.

• Memory and Platform Compatibility:

  • Fixed memory errors during JPEG processing.
  • Addressed rendering inconsistencies on Linux for image export.

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

Added Methods

• Metadata handling: Metadata.getItem(String), setItem(String, XmpValue)
• Image accessibility: ImageStamp.getAlternativeText()
• SaveOptions: isCacheGlyphs() and setCacheGlyphs(boolean)
• Paragraph editing: ParagraphAbsorber.getTextReplaceOptions()

Added Classes

• Document.RepairOptions for advanced document diagnostics
• facades.BDCProperties for logical structure element tagging

Enum Conversion (Selected List)

The following classes are now enums:

• BorderStyle, ColorSpace, Direction, HighlightingMode, Justification, PageLayout, PasswordType, ShapeType — promoting safer and cleaner coding standards.

🔍 Explore the Full Release Details

For full list of updates, please visit Aspose.PDF for Java 24.6 Release Notes.

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