[WFCORE-7040] Move to SE 17 as the minimum SE version

Author: bstansberry

.github/workflows/dep-diff-pull_request.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
 
       # Run the caching against the base version only
       - name: Cache local Maven repository

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Building
 
 Prerequisites:
 
-* JDK 11 or newer - check `java -version`
+* JDK 17 or newer - check `java -version`
 * Maven 3.6.0 or newer - check `mvn -v`
 
 To build with your own Maven installation:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Contributing
 Using Eclipse
 -------------
 1. Install the latest version of Eclipse.
-2. Make sure Xmx in Eclipse.ini is at least 1280M, and it's using java 11
+2. Make sure Xmx in Eclipse.ini is at least 1280M, and it's using java 17
 3. Launch Eclipse and install the m2e plugin, make sure it uses your repo configs
    (get it from: https://www.eclipse.org/m2e/
    or install "Maven Integration for Eclipse" from the Eclipse Marketplace).

pom.xml

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 
         <!-- Keep consistent with README.md and .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties -->
         <maven.min.version>3.6.0</maven.min.version>
-        <!-- Require Java 11 -->
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+        <!-- Require Java 17 -->
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <!-- Standard client-side JPMS settings identified as meeting
              the needs of WildFly libraries meant for use in clients. -->
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
 
-                <!-- Ban bad dependencies and require Java 11 for deploying -->
+                <!-- Ban bad dependencies and require Java 17 for deploying -->
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -475,15 +475,15 @@
                             </configuration>
                         </execution>
                         <execution>
-                            <id>require-java11</id>
+                            <id>require-java17</id>
                             <goals>
                                 <goal>enforce</goal>
                             </goals>
                             <phase>deploy</phase>
                             <configuration>
                                 <rules>
                                     <requireJavaVersion>
-                                        <version>[11,12)</version>
+                                        <version>[17,18)</version>
                                     </requireJavaVersion>
                                 </rules>
                             </configuration>