Aspose JAR file size

[nuix]

Hi - we are customers of Aspose.Words and this jar range in size is 14M. In some scenarios, we need to package a version of our product that has to be very sized constrained and the Aspose jars are easily 90% of the total image size (they total 170M), despite our product using many other third-party jars. We use other Aspose APIs as well.

I believe Aspose uses some form of C# -> Java converter/handler in their Jars and this is responsible for the large sizes. Is it possible for this “converter” to be in a single jar that all these jars can share to reduce the size?

The sizes you see below are simply gigantic for JAR files and is a real problem.

-rw-r–r-- 1 sits sits 26M Dec 15 21:13 aspose-cad-19.5.jar
-rw-r–r-- 1 sits sits 7.1M Dec 15 21:13 aspose-cells-19.10.jar
-rw-r–r-- 1 sits sits 3.3M Dec 15 21:13 aspose-diagram-19.6-jdk16.jar
-rw-r–r-- 1 sits sits 13M Dec 15 21:13 aspose-email-19.10-jdk16.jar
-rw-r–r-- 1 sits sits 24M Dec 15 21:13 aspose-imaging-19.10-jdk16.jar
-rw-r–r-- 1 sits sits 11M Dec 15 21:13 aspose-note-20.7-jdk17.jar
-rw-r–r-- 1 sits sits 68M Dec 15 21:13 aspose-pdf-20.7-jdk17.jar
-rw-r–r-- 1 sits sits 30M Dec 15 21:13 aspose-slides-21.2-jdk16.jar
-rw-r–r-- 1 sits sits 14M Dec 15 21:13 aspose-words-19.11-jdk17.jar

I’ve seen this topic has been raised before. Can Aspose take this on?

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[alexey.maslov]

Hi, @nuix

We are currently considering adding additional repackaging configuration that could reduce the size of the Aspose.Words for Java library. This task is logged as WORDSJAVA-2666. We will keep you informed and let you know once it is resolved. Thank you for your feedback.

[nuix]

Hi - that is great to hear about Aspose.Words, but what about all the other Aspose jar files I listed above?

[alexey.maslov]

@nuix I have moved this post in Aspose.Total forum so my colleagues from other teams can reply you.

[amjad.sahi]

@nuix,

See the reply in your other thread regarding other Aspose APIs (JARs) for your reference.

Aspose JAR files are way too large

@nuix We are afraid that the JAR Size of Aspose APIs cannot be further reduced. The sizes of the JARs are explained by the support of conversion into several formats offered by the APIs. Also, the APIs do not only contain the code to support their respective file formats but also they include the support of other several file formats in which you can load or export the documents. In case you have limitations regarding assembly sizes, you may please check Aspose Cloud APIs which may suit you.

[andrey.potapov]

@nuix,
Unfortunately, it is not possible to use the Aspose.Slides library with a smaller size yet. But some optimizations have already been planned to significantly reduce the library size. The tentative ETA is version 22.7. This version will be released in July 2022. I linked this forum thread to an appropriate task with ID SLIDESJAVA-38755 in our issue tracking system. You will be notified when the issue is resolved.