Update GraalVM from 21.3.15 to 25.0.0 LTS version; Java 17+

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        java-version: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]
+        java-version: [ 17, 21, 25 ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java-version }}

README.md

@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ config.setExpressionHandler(new GraalJsExpressionHandler());
 - [vertx-web](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-web/java/#_jade_template_engine) jade4j for [Vert.X](http://vertx.io/)
 
 <a name="breaking-changes-2"></a>
+## Breaking Changes in 2.5.0
+- Compiler level has been raised to Java 17+
+- Update GraalVM from 21 LTS to 25 LTS
+
 ## Breaking Changes in 2.0.0
 - Classes are renamed to pug4j.
 - Default file extension is now .pug

docs/tasks.md

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ This document contains a comprehensive list of improvement tasks for the pug4j p
 - [x] Update commons-collections4 from 4.4 to 4.5.0
 - [x] Update caffeine from 2.9.3 to latest 2.x or 3.x version
 - [x] Update gson from 2.10.1 to latest version
-- [x] Update GraalVM from 21.3.12 to latest LTS version
+- [x] Update GraalVM from 21.3.15 to 25.0.0 LTS version
 - [x] Update Jackson BOM from 2.17.2 to latest version
 - [x] Update all test dependencies to latest stable versions
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ This document contains a comprehensive list of improvement tasks for the pug4j p
 - [ ] Set up automated dependency updates (Dependabot/Renovate)
 
 ### Java Modernization
-- [ ] Consider upgrading minimum Java version from 8 to 11 or 17
+- [x] Consider upgrading minimum Java version from 8 to 11 or 17
 - [x] Replace raw types with generics (Parser.java:1074,1086)
 - [ ] Use diamond operator where applicable
 - [ ] Replace anonymous classes with lambdas where appropriate

pom.xml

@@ -74,22 +74,11 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.scm.id>git@github.com</project.scm.id>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <graalvm.version>21.3.15</graalvm.version>
-        <java.version>8</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+        <graalvm.version>25.0.0</graalvm.version>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>javac-release</id>
-            <activation>
-                <jdk>[11,)</jdk>
-            </activation>
-            <properties>
-                <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
-            </properties>
-        </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
             <activation>
@@ -319,27 +308,10 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.graalvm.js</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.graalvm.polyglot</groupId>
             <artifactId>js</artifactId>
             <version>${graalvm.version}</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.graalvm.js</groupId>
-            <artifactId>js-scriptengine</artifactId>
-            <version>${graalvm.version}</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.graalvm.tools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>profiler</artifactId>
-            <version>${graalvm.version}</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.graalvm.tools</groupId>
-            <artifactId>chromeinspector</artifactId>
-            <version>${graalvm.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Testing -->