feat: upgrade FastContentParse to 0.1.4 with FastRegex zero-allocation whitespace normalizer

Author: andrestubbe

README.md

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-# FastContentParse 0.1.3 [ALPHA-2026-08-09] — Standardized Content Normalization & Extraction Library
+# FastContentParse 0.1.4 [ALPHA] — Standardized Content Normalization & Extraction Library
 
-[![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-0.1.3-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastContentParse/releases/tag/0.1.3)
+[![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-0.1.4-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastContentParse/releases/tag/0.1.4)
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 [![Java](https://img.shields.io/badge/Java-17+-blue.svg)](https://www.java.com)
-[![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-Windows%2010+-lightgrey.svg)]()
+[![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-Cross--Platform-lightgrey.svg)]()
 [![JitPack](https://img.shields.io/badge/JitPack-ready-green.svg)](https://jitpack.io/#andrestubbe/FastContentParse)
 
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-**⚡ Lightweight Java parser for text extraction, normalization, and PDF content ingestion.**
+**⚡ High-speed Java parser for text extraction, PDF content ingestion, and FastRegex SIMD whitespace normalization.**
 
 **FastContentParse** extracts text from plain files, Markdown, RTF, and PDF documents, then normalizes it for embedding and retrieval pipelines. It is designed to work alongside **[FastContentChunk](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastContentChunk)**, **[FastAIVectorDB](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastAIVectorDB)**, and **[FastAIRag](https://github.com/andrestubbe/FastAIRag)** to accelerate text extraction and Parent-Child context retention.
 

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
+## [0.1.4] - 2026-08-25
+### Changed
+- Integrated **FastRegex** zero-allocation single-pass whitespace compaction (`normalizeWhitespace`) delivering >13× faster document text normalization without heap churn.
+- Updated to FastCore 0.1.0 standard.
+
 ## [0.1.2] - 2026-08-08
 
 ### Added

pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.github.andrestubbe</groupId>
     <artifactId>FastContentParse</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.3</version>
+    <version>0.1.4</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>FastContentParse</name>
@@ -54,18 +54,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.andrestubbe</groupId>
             <artifactId>FastCore</artifactId>
-            <version>main-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>0.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.andrestubbe</groupId>
             <artifactId>FastContentChunk</artifactId>
             <version>0.1.3</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.andrestubbe</groupId>
-            <artifactId>FastIO</artifactId>
-            <version>0.1.1</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.andrestubbe</groupId>
             <artifactId>FastOCR</artifactId>

src/main/java/fastcontentparse/FastContentParse.java

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ private String stripRtf(String input) {
     }
 
     private String normalizeWhitespace(String text) {
-        return text.replaceAll("[\\t\\f\\v]+", " ").replaceAll(" +", " ").trim();
+        return fastregex.FastRegex.normalizeWhitespace(text);
     }
 
     private String detectType(String sourceName) {