fix #153 (JDK 21+ compatibility)

[xzel23]

This PR fixes #153:

• update ASM to 9.7 (already "knows" about Java 23 and will probably work with that version once it's released)
• update Gradle wrapper to 8.9 (I still can compile with JDK 11, so I hope that's fine)
• update all other dependencies to the latest versions (except the log4j version in the samples; and not requiring groovy 4)

[PerryCameron]

Ah this is why it wasn't working with 21. Why no merge yet after 3 months?

[xzel23]

@PerryCameron I think the original maintainer, @siordache, simply does not have time to regularly update the project anymore. He asked for co-maintainers a while ago and someone stepped up, but it seems that person also has abandoned the project.

I currently have a patched version of the plugin installed locally that fixes this and an issue with kotlin build files and am thinking of forking this and publishing an updated version to plugin central (and of course continue to stream any patches upstream in case this repo gets active again).

I didn't step up as a co-maintainer back then because this project is mainly Groovy and I am really a noob in that language, but maybe I should have. In the meantime, I have volunteered to become a co-maintainer, but @siordache did not reply yet.

[danielpeintner]

I currently have a patched version of the plugin installed locally that fixes this and an issue with kotlin build files and am thinking of forking this and publishing an updated version to plugin central (and of course continue to stream any patches upstream in case this repo gets active again).

That sounds very promising 👍, Thanks!
Did you do so already?

[xzel23]

Thank you! Not yet. It's on my list. I will post here when it's done.

[xzel23]

@danielpeintner I have released a patched version of the plugin to plugin central. To use it, change the plugin id in your gradle build script fom org.beryx.runtime to com.dua3.gradle.runtime and if you also need the plugin version, I bumped it from 1.13.1 to 1.13.1-patch-1. I ha ve tested it with my own JDK 21 project, but JDK 23 should probably work too.

Please report back if something doesn't work.

And if it's of interest to anyone, I have done the same for the sister-plugin Badass-Jlink-Plugin.

Sources for my patched version of the plugin: https://github.com/xzel23/badass-runtime-plugin
Sources for the JLink plugin: https://github.com/xzel23/badass-jlink-plugin

[danielpeintner]

Please report back if something doesn't work.

Thank you a lot! It worked nicely 👍.
FYI: I am using JDK21.