This latest offering is a bugfix to 2.10, released late last week. The speed improvements can be attributed to a switch from a single to a multi-threaded architecture and use of the java.nio where possible.

"These changes result from problems we were having with a single 500MB PDF file", said CTO Mike Bremford. "The debugging process was taking so long we got fed up and spent two months profiling the library. The end-result is a big improvement for most users, and for certain use-cases like digitally signing large documents the memory footprint can be an order of magnitude smaller".

The new release also boasts the Swing Java PDF Viewer, now localized into a number of languages, including Japanese, Chinese, French, German and Spanish.

Download a free fully functional trial version of the Java PDF Library from http://bfo.co.uk/products/download.jsp

View a demonstration of the Java PDF Viewer at http://big.faceless.org/products/pdf/viewer.jsp

About BFO: BFO is a global resource of Java components for the international B2B market. Products include the Big Faceless Java Report Generator, Java PDF and Java Graph Libraries. The client portfolio includes Boeing, Lehman Brothers, Harvard University, HSBC, Fannie Mae, Roche, Toyota and the US Department of Energy. For more information about BFO visit http://bfo.co.uk