From 942389269c415e9e9c7883e818bd2abd32b62db0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jarebudev <23311805+jarebudev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 16:23:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] moved sdk-contrib to JDK11

Signed-off-by: jarebudev <23311805+jarebudev@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml |  4 ++--
 .sdkmanrc                |  2 +-
 CONTRIBUTING.md          |  4 ++--
 pom.xml                  | 10 +++++-----
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e63f3daf5..d82d8fc49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
           build:
               - java: 21
                 profile: codequality
-              - java: 8
-                profile: java8
+              - java: 11
+                profile: java11
 
     name: with Java ${{ matrix.build.java }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os}}
diff --git a/.sdkmanrc b/.sdkmanrc
index 86eb302e5..5414da493 100644
--- a/.sdkmanrc
+++ b/.sdkmanrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-java=8.0.312-tem
+java=11.0.26-tem
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1486a4e7c..4df52a298 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 ## System Requirements
 
-Java 8+ is required for the tooling, plugins, etc. Maven 3.8+ is recommended.
+Java 11+ is required for the tooling, plugins, etc. Maven 3.8+ is recommended.
 
 ## Compilation target(s)
 
-As in the Java-SDK, we target Java 8. The parent POM configures this automatically.
+As in the Java-SDK, we target Java 11. The parent POM configures this automatically.
 
 ## Adding a module
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc226d6ec..90ecca9fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         </surefireArgLine>
         <skip.tests>false</skip.tests>
         <!-- this will throw an error if we use APIs not available in the specified version -->
-        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -529,14 +529,14 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
 
-        <!-- profile for running tests under java 8 (used mostly in CI) -->
+        <!-- profile for running tests under java 11 (used mostly in CI) -->
         <!-- selected automatically by JDK activeation (see https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html#implicit-profile-activation) -->
         <profile>
-            <id>java8</id>
-            <!-- with the next block we can define a set of artifacts which still support java 8, if any of the artifacts is not supporting java 8 anymore -->
+            <id>java11</id>
+            <!-- with the next block we can define a set of artifacts which still support java 11, if any of the artifacts is not supporting java 11 anymore -->
             <!--<modules><module></module></modules>-->
             <properties>
-                <toolchain.jdk.version>(1.8,9)</toolchain.jdk.version>
+                <toolchain.jdk.version>[11,)</toolchain.jdk.version>
                 <skip.tests>true</skip.tests>
             </properties>
 

From f452a8fab2216686bb1283faaa895e61527b15f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jarebudev <23311805+jarebudev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 16:48:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] testing removal of surefire argline

Signed-off-by: jarebudev <23311805+jarebudev@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pom.xml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90ecca9fe..b517b63fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@
                         <!-- tests to exclude -->
                         <exclude>${testExclusions}</exclude>
                     </excludes>
-                    <argLine>
-                        @{surefireArgLine}
-                    </argLine>
+<!--                    <argLine>-->
+<!--                        @{surefireArgLine}-->
+<!--                    </argLine>-->
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <!-- End publish to maven central -->

From 48fdb86fad54465c8d36b4032062330fbdf474a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jarebudev <23311805+jarebudev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 22:10:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] reinstated commented out argline. Changed Javadoc source
 to 11

Signed-off-by: jarebudev <23311805+jarebudev@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pom.xml | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b517b63fc..585d2083a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
                     <doclint>all,-missing
                     </doclint>  <!-- ignore missing javadoc, these are enforced with more customizability in the checkstyle plugin -->
 
-                    <source>8</source>
+                    <source>11</source>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@
                         <!-- tests to exclude -->
                         <exclude>${testExclusions}</exclude>
                     </excludes>
-<!--                    <argLine>-->
-<!--                        @{surefireArgLine}-->
-<!--                    </argLine>-->
+                    <argLine>
+                        @{surefireArgLine}
+                    </argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <!-- End publish to maven central -->

From 70c8735ec4c6a408ea876eed97522cfeb4e84a3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jarebudev <23311805+jarebudev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 23:18:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] added legacymode to javadoc generation

Signed-off-by: jarebudev <23311805+jarebudev@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pom.xml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 585d2083a..9a0717671 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@
                     </excludePackageNames>
                     <doclint>all,-missing
                     </doclint>  <!-- ignore missing javadoc, these are enforced with more customizability in the checkstyle plugin -->
-
-                    <source>11</source>
+                    <legacyMode>true</legacyMode>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>