Update Version to 2.2.4

- Added Changedlog for 2.2.4

Author: asturio

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 OpenPDF is a Java library for creating and editing PDF files with a LGPL and MPL open source
 license. OpenPDF is the LGPL/MPL open source successor of iText, and is based on some forks of iText
-4 svn tag. OpenPDF-html allows making PDF files from HTML. 
+4 svn tag. OpenPDF-html allows making PDF files from HTML.
 We welcome contributions from other developers. Please feel free to submit pull-requests
 and bugreports to this GitHub repository.
 
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ and bugreports to this GitHub repository.
 ![Java 24](https://img.shields.io/badge/Java-24-blue?logo=java&logoColor=yellow)
 [![Kotlin](https://img.shields.io/badge/Kotlin-Supported-7F52FF?logo=kotlin&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/tree/master/openpdf-kotlin)
 
+## OpenPDF version 2.2.4 released 2025-07-01
 
-
-## OpenPDF version 2.2.3 released 2025-06-18
-
-Get version 2.2.3 here: https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/releases/tag/2.2.3
+Get version 2.2.4 here: https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/releases/tag/2.2.4
 
 ### Other versions
 
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ Some of the features of OpenPDF include:
 * Encryption: You can encrypt PDF documents for security purposes.
 * Page Layout: OpenPDF allows you to set the page size, orientation, and other layout properties.
 
-
 ## Use OpenPDF as Maven dependency
 
 Add this to your pom.xml file to use the latest version of OpenPDF:
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ Add this to your pom.xml file to use the latest version of OpenPDF:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
   <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.3</version>
+  <version>2.2.4</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -110,11 +107,12 @@ OpenPDF ancestors in GitHub (in fork order):
 4. [@ymasory](https://github.com/ymasory) / [iText-4.2.0](https://github.com/ymasory/iText-4.2.0) -
    original parent on GitHub
 
-
 ## Security Notice
 
-It is the responsibility of the application developer to ensure that all input passed into OpenPDF is trusted, sanitized, and safe.
-OpenPDF does not perform input validation or enforce sandboxing. For important security guidelines and common risks, please read our [Security Policy](Security.md).
+It is the responsibility of the application developer to ensure that all input passed into OpenPDF is trusted,
+sanitized, and safe.
+OpenPDF does not perform input validation or enforce sandboxing. For important security guidelines and common risks,
+please read our [Security Policy](Security.md).
 
 ## Android
 

changelogs/2.2.4.md

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+## 2.2.4
+
+### Bumps
+
+* Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.38.0 to 2.39.0 (#1378)
+* Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.25.0 to 10.25.1 (#1371)
+* Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.25.1 to 10.26.0 (#1377)
+* Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 10.26.0 to 10.26.1 (#1380)
+* Bump junit.version from 5.13.1 to 5.13.2 (#1376)
+* Bump org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-maven-plugin from 2.1.21 to 2.2.0 (#1374)
+* Bump org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib from 2.1.21 to 2.2.0 (#1375)
+* Bump org.sonatype.central:central-publishing-maven-plugin (#1363)
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Fix/Feature add for issue #1297 (#1379)
+* Fix this access on a value that can be null.
+
+### Other Changes
+
+* Register font only once in static block instead on every constructor call and degrade performance (#1373)
+* Remove commented out code and some system.out.println (#1364)
+* Update codeql.yml
+* Update Contributors.md

openpdf-fonts-extra/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>openpdf-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>openpdf-fonts-extra</artifactId>

openpdf-html/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>openpdf-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>openpdf-html</artifactId>

openpdf-kotlin/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>openpdf-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>openpdf-kotlin</artifactId>

openpdf-renderer/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>openpdf-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>openpdf-renderer</artifactId>

openpdf/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>openpdf-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>

pdf-swing/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>openpdf-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>pdf-swing</artifactId>

pdf-toolbox/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
     <artifactId>openpdf-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.2.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>pdf-toolbox</artifactId>

pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
   <artifactId>openpdf-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version> <!-- artifact.version -->
+  <version>2.2.4</version> <!-- artifact.version -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <!-- please run mvn tidy:pom once in a while -->