fix!: upgrade from java 17 to 21 and from gradle 7.6 to 8.10

Author: Marius Posta

.github/actions/publish/action.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ runs:
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: "zulu"
-        java-version: "17"
+        java-version: "21"
 
     # java
     - name: Gradle Build

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: 17
+          java-version: 21
 
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL

.github/workflows/pull-request-publish.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
-          java-version: "17"
+          java-version: "21"
 
       - name: Generate Development Version
         run: |

build.gradle

@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ subprojects { subproj ->
     apply plugin: 'com.github.spotbugs'
     apply plugin: 'pmd'
 
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21
 
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists