Migration to Java 25

[ViacheslavKlimov]

Summary

• Migrate build configuration to target Java 25
• Update maven-compiler-plugin release target from 17 to 25
• Add maven-surefire-plugin JVM args (-XX:+EnableDynamicAgentLoading, --add-opens) required for Mockito/ByteBuddy on Java 21+
• Bump Lombok from 1.18.38 to 1.18.40
• Update Dockerfile base image and README to reflect new version

Details

Build-configuration only change — no Java source code modifications. All existing source code is compatible with Java 25 as-is.

Property	Before	After
lombok.version	1.18.38	1.18.40
maven.compiler.source/target	—	25
maven-compiler-plugin release	17	25

Verification

The build with tests is passing:

Freshly built custom node working fine with ThingsBoard 4.4:

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This pull request attempts to migrate the ThingsBoard rule-node-examples project from Java 17 to Java 25, updating Maven compiler configurations, adding JVM arguments for Java 21+ test compatibility, upgrading Lombok, and bumping the ThingsBoard dependency version. However, there are critical issues with non-existent versions being referenced.

Changes:

• Update Java compiler target from 17 to 25 across pom.xml properties and maven-compiler-plugin configuration
• Add -parameters compiler flag and Surefire JVM args (-XX:+EnableDynamicAgentLoading, --add-opens) for modern Java compatibility
• Upgrade Lombok from 1.18.38 to 1.18.40 and bump ThingsBoard version from 4.3.0.1 to 4.4.0-SNAPSHOT
• Update documentation (README.md) and Dockerfile base image to reflect Java 25 and version 4.4.0-SNAPSHOT

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

File	Description
pom.xml	Updates Java version to 25, adds compiler source/target properties, upgrades Lombok to 1.18.40, configures Surefire plugin with Java 21+ JVM args, and bumps ThingsBoard and Spring Boot versions
README.md	Updates JDK requirement to 25+ and Docker build command to reference version 4.4.0-SNAPSHOT
Dockerfile	Updates base image from thingsboard/tb-node:4.3.0.1 to 4.4.0-SNAPSHOT

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[ViacheslavKlimov]

Summary

Reviewed 3 changed files in Migration to Java 25. Found 0 high-confidence issue(s) and 1 low-confidence observation(s) commented inline.

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This review was auto-generated by Claude. Findings may contain errors — please verify before applying changes.

[ViacheslavKlimov]

Low-confidence observation: maven.compiler.source and maven.compiler.target are redundant when the compiler plugin already specifies <release>25</release> (line 195). The --release flag is a superset that sets source level, target level, and boot classpath in one go. Having both shouldn't cause problems, but if they ever drift apart it could lead to confusing build behavior. Consider removing these two properties and relying solely on <release>.