[MNG-6481] Allow to compile and test Maven with Java 11

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.6.1
• Assignee: Sylwester Lachiewicz
• Reporter: Sylwester Lachiewicz
• Created: 16/Sep/18 21:47
• Updated: 09/Jan/19 23:31
• Resolved: 12/Nov/18 22:38

Description

Java 11 is coming closer, let's prepare to use it for the development of Maven.

A minimal requirement to run Maven - still Java 7.

• compile and pass Maven's tests with Java 11
• adjust ITs to run under Java 11

Do we need compile and to pass all tests with Java 9, 10 and 11?

Issue Links

• is blocked by: MNG-6472 Mockito cannot mock this class: interface org.eclipse.aether.impl.RepositoryEventDispatcher
• is blocked by: MNG-6473 Update Mockito to 2.21.0
• is blocked by: MNG-6491 Upgrade commons-lang3 to 3.8.1
• is related to: MNG-6488 JDK10 maven surefire commonslang3 SystemUtils.isJavaVersionAtLeast NullPointerException
• relates to: MNG-6515 Fix javadoc build errors under Java 8 and 11