Release Notes - Ariane v26.3.0

This release introduces multilingual UI support (French, German, Spanish), a new dynamic plugin container with proper JPMS module loading, the new XYZ export plugin, an Excel-style data table mode, and a major overhaul of the licensing pipeline.

New Features

• Multilingual UI Support (i18n):
• The user interface is now fully translatable through resource bundles, with built-in support for English, French, German, and Spanish.
• Languages other than English currently rely on automatic translation and may include minor wording inaccuracies. The plugins are open source and contribution is welcome !
• Language is selectable from the Options dialog and persisted as a user preference.
• Translations are delivered as separate plugin modules (fr, de, es), allowing additional languages to be shipped independently of the main application.

• Property files are now loaded with proper UTF-8 handling for correct rendering of accented characters.

• Dynamic Plugin Container:

• Introduced PluginContainer, a new modular plugin loading mechanism built on the Java Platform Module System (JPMS).
• Plugins are now resolved through their actual module names embedded in each jar, making discovery robust even when filenames differ from module names.

• External plugins coexist cleanly with bundled translation and import/export plugins under a unified module layer.

• XYZ Export Plugin:

• New plugin to export survey data in plain XYZ coordinate format, useful for interchange with point-cloud and GIS tools.

• Excel Mode in Data Table:

• Added a spreadsheet-style editing mode with full keyboard navigation (Tab / Enter / arrow keys) for fast data entry across survey rows.

• Reset Preferences / Reset All:

• The launcher now offers explicit "Reset Preferences" and "Reset All" actions to recover from a corrupted local state without manual file cleanup.

• A matching erasePrefs Gradle task is available for developers and support workflows.

• In-App Auto-Update:

• On startup, Ariane checks the GitHub Releases API for a newer version and, when one is found, downloads the matching installer for the current platform in the background

Improvements & Fixes

• Plugin System:
• Fixed external plugin name casing in PluginContainer.
• Refactored ModuleLayer retrieval to remain compatible with nested module layers used by the plugin loader.

• Build scripts now compile i18n translation plugins and generate per-module manifest files.

• UI / FXML:

• Refined FXML layouts across multiple views for improved consistency, alignment, and platform behavior under the updated JavaFX version.
• Reverted icon changes in the Layer tab, Carto tool section, and the swap button to preserve the established iconography.
• Fixed null handling in the language display conversion in OptionsController.

• DisplayTool.fxml: wrapped displayDataToggleLabel in a Group and adjusted rotation for correct labeling on rotated views.

• Survey Data:

• Fixed SurveyData#setDate to correctly handle empty string input.

• Optimized local coordinate retrieval by caching offsets in CaveGeo, reducing redundant computation in map rendering paths.

• Build & Tooling:

• Updated Gradle wrapper to 9.4.1.
• Updated GitHub Actions workflows to the latest action versions.
• Updated JavaFX version.
• Image assets refreshed for various tools and icons.