[OPENNLP-1496] Migrate OpenNLP towards JDK 17

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Assignee: Martin Wiesner
• Reporter: Martin Wiesner
• Created: 24/May/23 15:42
• Updated: 27/Jul/23 06:27
• Resolved: 10/Jun/23 18:34

Description

Time progresses and Java 11 LTS is set to be EOL with 30 Sep 2023 (see: https://endoflife.date/java). This date will hit pretty soon¹.

With that in mind, the project should consider to migrate the build towards the next LTS release, Java 17. This will be supported until at least 30 Sep 2026.

Aims:

• Keep pace with the Java ecosystem,
• Modernizes the code base with new(er) language features,
• Benefit from nice performance enhancements and fixes provided with 17.x LTS.

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¹ Keep in mind the summer is coming and many other tasks are on our lists