Release v1.2.2

What's Changed

Security Fixes

• Upgraded commons-lang to commons-lang3 v3.18.0 to fix security vulnerability (#51)
• Replaced deprecated StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase with Strings.CI.equals (#30, #54)

Code Quality Improvements

• Fixed incorrect and incomplete Javadoc documentation (#52)
• Fixed PMD violations and code scanning alerts (#46, #50)
• Removed duplicate constants with same value
• Fixed useless parameter in method signature
• Improved code formatter configuration

Build & CI Improvements

• Updated parent-oss from 2.1.0 to 2.3.1
• Replaced maven.compiler.release with source/target properties (#47)
• Enhanced CI pipeline configuration
• Fixed formatter config file path

Dependencies

• Updated JUnit Jupiter from 5.13.3 to 5.13.4
• Updated Commons IO from 2.19.0 to 2.20.0
• Updated Commons Lang3 to 3.18.0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed duplicate method signature after removing unused parameter
• Fixed XPathExpressionException to XpathException in evaluateXpath Javadocs
• Fixed incorrect Javadoc @throws declarations

Full Changelog: v1.2.1...v1.2.2

Release v1.2.1

What's Changed

Features

• Migrated from JUnit 4 to JUnit 5 for improved testing capabilities
• Added CodeQL analysis workflow for enhanced security scanning
• Updated Gitflow workflows with proper permissions and stable tags

Dependencies

• Updated JUnit Jupiter from 5.11.4 to 5.13.3
• Updated Saxon-HE from 12.7 to 12.8
• Updated parent POM to version 2.1.0

Improvements

• Enhanced CI/CD pipeline security with proper workflow permissions
• Improved test framework with JUnit 5 features
• Better code quality analysis with CodeQL

Documentation

• Updated README to reflect version 1.2.0 features

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.2.1

Release v1.2.0

What's Changed

Features

• Enhanced XML processing performance
• Improved namespace handling
• Better error messages for validation failures

Dependencies

• Updated Saxon-HE to 12.7
• Updated JUnit to 5.11.4
• Updated Hamcrest to 3.0
• Updated Commons IO to 2.19.0

Bug Fixes

• Fixed XPath evaluation issues with complex namespaces
• Resolved memory leak in DOM utilities
• Corrected schema validation for nested elements

Documentation

• Updated installation instructions to latest version
• Enhanced examples for namespace handling
• Added more comprehensive JavaDoc comments

Full Changelog: v1.1.0...v1.2.0

v1.1.0

Feature release

New Features

• Enhanced namespace support
• Improved XPath query performance
• Additional validation options

Improvements

• Better error messages
• Expanded test coverage
• Updated documentation

v1.0.2

Maintenance release

Changes

• Dependency updates
• Code cleanup and optimizations
• Enhanced error handling

v1.0.1

Bug fixes and improvements

Changes

• Minor bug fixes
• Performance improvements
• Documentation updates

v1.0.0

Initial release of commons-xml library

Features

• XML parsing and validation utilities
• XPath support with namespace handling
• DOM manipulation utilities
• Schema validation support