First 2026 DocWire SDK Release: Modern C++20 XML Parsing, Safety Policies, and Parser Resilience

We’ve released a new version of DocWire SDK focused on core architecture, safety, and robustness, rather than user-facing features.

This update introduces a modern C++20 foundation for XML parsing, type-safe conversions, and configurable safety guarantees, alongside multiple improvements in parser resilience and memory management.

Highlights of this release

• Modern C++20 XML parsing API
  A new forward-only, single-pass XML reader based on C++20 ranges and views replaces the legacy XmlStream implementation.

• Configurable safety policies
  Developers can choose between strict checking (exceptions on violations) and relaxed, zero-overhead execution via checked, not_null, and enforce utilities.

• Type-safe data conversion framework
  New convert::try_to and convert::to APIs replace ad-hoc string conversions and support custom formats (e.g. date parsing).

• Standardized date/time handling
  All date and time logic now uses std::chrono::sys_seconds instead of struct tm.

• Partial failure resilience
  Parsers can continue processing even when some sub-items fail, while still detecting total failures.

• New core utilities
  Named parameters, non-null enforcement, ranged numeric types, and debug-only assertions.

In addition, the release includes parser-specific robustness fixes (HTML, PST, PDF), logging refinements, updated documentation, and expanded test coverage.

Links

• GitHub & release notes: https://github.com/docwire/docwire
• Documentation: https://www.docwire.io
• Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/docwire/

Feedback from developers working with document processing or backend systems in modern C++ is welcome.

--The DocWire Team--