pre-release-20251224 update docs and builds for next release

Author: Sean Leary

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ JSON in Java [package org.json]
 [![Java CI with Maven](https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/actions/workflows/pipeline.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/actions/workflows/pipeline.yml)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml)
 
-**[Click here if you just want the latest release jar file.](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/json/json/20250517/json-20250517.jar)**
+**[Click here if you just want the latest release jar file.](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/json/json/20251224/json-20251224.jar)**
 
 
 # Overview

build.gradle

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ subprojects {
 }
 
 group = 'org.json'
-version = 'v20250517-SNAPSHOT'
+version = 'v20251224-SNAPSHOT'
 description = 'JSON in Java'
 sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
 

docs/RELEASES.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ and artifactId "json". For example:
 [https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.json%20AND%20a:json&core=gav](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.json%20AND%20a:json&core=gav)
 
 ~~~
+20251224    Records, fromJson(), and recent commits
+
 20250517    Strict mode hardening and recent commits
 
 20250107    Restore moditect in pom.xml

pom.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.json</groupId>
     <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-    <version>20250517</version>
+    <version>20251224</version>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
     <name>JSON in Java</name>