3.9.0

Added

• new Entry point \CycloneDX\Contrib (via #569)

Changed

• Moved non‑standard implementations to Contrib area (#571 via #569)

Deprecated

• Certain exports have been deprecated; downstream imports should be updated to the new locations (#571 via #569)
  Note: the symbols themselves remain supported. See documentation and the "Refactored" section below for details.

Refactored

• The following symbols were moved (#571 via #569)
  The symbols are still import-able through their old location.
  • OLD -> NEW
  • \CycloneDX\Core\Factories\LicenseFactory -> \CycloneDX\Contrib\License\Factories\LicenseFactory
  • \CycloneDX\Core\Utils\BomUtility -> \CycloneDX\Contrib\Bom\Utils\BomUtils

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What's Changed

• docs: examples for CDX 1.7 by @jkowalleck in #561
• gh-actions(deps): Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #562
• gh-actions(deps): Bump actions/download-artifact from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #563
• tools(deps-dev): Update friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer requirement from 3.88.2 to 3.89.1 in /tools/php-cs-fixer by @dependabot[bot] in #564
• tools(deps-dev): Update friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer requirement from 3.89.1 to 3.89.2 in /tools/php-cs-fixer by @dependabot[bot] in #565
• gh-actions(deps): Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #567
• tools(deps-dev): Update friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer requirement from 3.89.2 to 3.91.0 in /tools/php-cs-fixer by @dependabot[bot] in #570
• docs: use phpdocumentor 3.9.1 by @jkowalleck in #572
• feat: prepare "contrib" area by @jkowalleck in #569
• chore: prep v3.9.0 by @jkowalleck in #573

Full Changelog: v3.8.0...v3.9.0