Fix #272: bump minimum JDK to 17 (#273)

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java_version: ['8', '17', '21', '23']
+        java_version: ['17', '21', '23']
     env:
       JAVA_OPTS: "-XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1"
     steps:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       id: projectVersion
       run: echo "version=$(./mvnw org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.5.1:evaluate -DforceStdout -Dexpression=project.version -q)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     - name: Deploy snapshot
-      if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && matrix.java_version == '8' && endsWith(steps.projectVersion.outputs.version, '-SNAPSHOT')
+      if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && matrix.java_version == '17' && endsWith(steps.projectVersion.outputs.version, '-SNAPSHOT')
       env:
         # 17-Jun-2024, tatu: Do NOT use v3 credentials since namespace still "com.fasterxml"
         CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME }}

.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties

@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 # "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 # with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# 
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-# 
+#
+#   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 # software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 # "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
-distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.6/apache-maven-3.9.6-bin.zip
-wrapperUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/wrapper/maven-wrapper/3.3.1/maven-wrapper-3.3.1.jar
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.9/apache-maven-3.9.9-bin.zip
+wrapperUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/wrapper/maven-wrapper/3.3.2/maven-wrapper-3.3.2.jar

pom.xml

@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <!-- 01-Dec-2024, tatu: [annotations#267] Retain Java 8 baseline
-	   for annotations (up from Jackson 2.x Java 1.6 baselin)
+    <!-- 11-Jan-2025, tatu: [annotations#272] JDK 17 for Jackson 3.x
+          (up from Jackson 2.x Java 1.6 baseline for annotations)
       -->
-    <javac.src.version>1.8</javac.src.version>
-    <javac.target.version>1.8</javac.target.version>
+    <javac.src.version>17</javac.src.version>
+    <javac.target.version>17</javac.target.version>
 
     <osgi.export>com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.*;version=${project.version}</osgi.export>
 

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ mostly)
 
 3.0 (not yet released)
 
-#267: Raise minimum Java version for `jackson-annotations` to Java 8 for Jackson 3.x
+#272: Require JDK17 for jackson-annotations 3.0 for proper `module-info.java`
 - Change `JsonInclude.value`, `JsonInclude.content` to `USE_DEFAULTS` (from `ALWAYS`)