[UIMA-5527] UIMA-DUCC: require java 1.8 for builds and runtime

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.2-Ducc
• Component/s: DUCC
• Assignee: Jaroslaw Cwiklik
• Reporter: Jaroslaw Cwiklik
• Created: 07/Aug/17 15:11
• Updated: 13/Feb/18 15:04
• Resolved: 13/Feb/18 15:04

Description

Currently DUCC requires java 7 for maven builds. This version of java is quite old. We should
move up DUCC's java version to java 8 at minimum. Besides pom changes, the DUCC's javadoc method headers must be changed to comply with a stricter syntax checking in version 8.