Require Java SE 17 for a minimum version, but compile down to Java 11.

Signed-off-by: James R. Perkins <[email protected]>

parent-pom/pom.xml

@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@
         <skipFormatting>false</skipFormatting>
         <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
 
-        <!-- Default to Java 11 -->
-        <jdk.min.version>11</jdk.min.version>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>${maven.compiler.target}</maven.compiler.release>
+        <!-- Require a minimum of 17 to build with a release version of 11. -->
+        <jdk.min.version>17</jdk.min.version>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>1.7.0</version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>
         <version.formatter.maven.plugin>2.24.1</version.formatter.maven.plugin>

pom.xml

@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 
     <properties>
         <version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>1.7.0</version.nexus.staging.maven.plugin>
+
+        <!-- Currently, this project doesn't compile anything. However, for consistency require a minimum of 17 to
+             build with a release version of 11.
+         -->
+        <jdk.min.version>17</jdk.min.version>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>