Upgrade the libraries and make it compatible with Java8

[authorjapps]

AC:
Upgrade the dependant libraries to their latest compatible version with Java8.

This seems like a pre-req or a good excersize before switching to Java17.

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Some work already has been done by @baulea .

Hello @baulea , can you please put the ticket/issue details and PR details in the comments for everyone's visibility?

[chaitanya1607]

Can I take this up

[baulea]

AC: Upgrade the dependant libraries to their latest compatible version with Java8.

This seems like a pre-req or a good excersize before switching to Java17.

Some work already has been done by @baulea .

Hello @baulea , can you please put the ticket/issue details and PR details in the comments for everyone's visibility?

Yes, I will soon provide the PR, probably on Sunday.

[baulea]

Hi @authorjapps, I created the following pull request: #609

The PR includes the following:

• consolidate maven plugins:

  • Move maven plugin versions and configuration to pluginManagement section in parent.pom.
  • Upgrade maven plugin versions
  • Fix warnings during maven build regarding missing version for maven-compiler-plugin

• upgrade dependencies in pom.xml:

  • upgrade org.jukito:jukito from 1.4.1 to 1.5
  • upgrade commons-io:commons-io:2.4 to 2.15.0
  • upgrade com.aventstack:extentreports:4.0.9 to 5.0.9
  • upgrade com.google.code.gson:gson:2.6.2 to 2.10.1
  • upgrade com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.13.0 to 3.24.4

• with upgrade com.aventstack:extentreports:4.0.9 to 5.0.9 replace ExtentHtmlReporter with ExtentSparkReporter in ExtentReportsFactory.java

• change in core/pom.xml:

  • set test scope for org.jukito:jukito
  • remove unused dependency com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8
  • remove direct dependency ch.qos.logback:logback-core, because it is a direct dependency from ch.qos.logback:logback-classic
  • add direct dependency org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.5.12

• change in kafka-testing/pom.xml:

  • remove com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util
  • remove dependency for com.github.os72:protoc-jar

[baulea]

Hi @authorjapps, is there anything else I should do? Or are we just waiting for a reviewer to review the PR #609 ?

[baulea]

As suggested by @a1shadows in #609 I'll have a look at some more dependencies and try an upgrade.