Feature / Gradle update (8.12) (#488)

* Update to latest Gradle (8.12)

* Add Gradle properties to improve build times

* Fix deprecation warnings

* Do not set parallel build globally (to many complications)

* Use parallel builds in CI

* Do not use config on demand (feature is still incubating)

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         cache: gradle
 
     - name: Build
-      run: ./gradlew classes testClasses
+      run: ./gradlew classes testClasses --parallel
 
     - name: Unit tests
       run: ./gradlew test

.github/workflows/integration-cloud.yaml

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Build Java
-        run: ./gradlew testClasses
+        run: ./gradlew testClasses --parallel
 
       # Auth tool will also create the secrets file if it doesn't exist
       - name: Prepare secrets

.github/workflows/integration-sql.yaml

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Build
-        run: ./gradlew trac-svc-meta:testClasses
+        run: ./gradlew trac-svc-meta:testClasses --parallel
 
       # Auth tool will also create the secrets file if it doesn't exist
       - name: Prepare secrets

.github/workflows/integration.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Platform - Build distribution files
-        run: ./gradlew installDist
+        run: ./gradlew installDist --parallel
 
       - name: Platform - Install the sandbox
         run: |
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Build
-        run: ./gradlew testClasses
+        run: ./gradlew testClasses --parallel
 
       - name: Slow tests
         run: ./gradlew integration -DintegrationTags="slow"
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Java - Build platform
-        run: ./gradlew testClasses
+        run: ./gradlew testClasses --parallel
 
       - name: Python - setup
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5

.github/workflows/packaging.yml

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Build JARs
-        run: ./gradlew jar javadocJar sourcesJar -PincludeJavadoc=true -PincludeSources=true
+        run: ./gradlew jar javadocJar sourcesJar -PincludeJavadoc=true -PincludeSources=true --parallel
 
       - name: Build packages for distribution
         run: ./gradlew installDist

build.gradle

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ def versionNumber = ext.getVersionFromGit()
 
 allprojects {
 
-    group 'org.finos.tracdap'
-    version versionNumber
+    group = 'org.finos.tracdap'
+    version = versionNumber
 }
 
 subprojects {

gradle/publish.gradle

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ def publishModule(Project project) {
 
             "$project.name" (MavenPublication) {
 
-                groupId project.group
-                artifactId project.name
-                version project.version
                 from project.components.java
 
+                groupId = project.group
+                artifactId = project.name
+                version = project.version
+
                 pom {
 
                     name = project.name

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

gradlew.bat

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail