HHH-14323 Allow forcing the tested Java version in the Gradle build

... just in case we need that for some cutting-edge JDK, for example 15,
that would not be supported by Gradle yet.

build.gradle

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ task release {
 	// Force to release with JDK 8. Releasing with JDK 11 is not supported yet:
 	// - the hibernate-orm-modules tests do not run due to an issue with the ASM version currently used by Gradle
 	doFirst {
-		if ( !JavaVersion.current().isJava8() ) {
+		if ( !JavaVersion.current().isJava8() || !gradle.ext.testedJavaVersionAsEnum.isJava8() ) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException( "Please use JDK 8 to perform the release." )
 		}
 	}

gradle/base-information.gradle

@@ -20,21 +20,6 @@ ext {
 	jpaVersion = new JpaVersion('2.2')
 }
 
-if ( JavaVersion.current() == JavaVersion.VERSION_HIGHER ) {
-	// This JDK is not supported by Gradle.
-	// Use a hack to retrieve the major as a string.
-
-	// This only works for Java 9+ (we're at least on Java 13 here).
-	def major = System.getProperty( 'java.specification.version' )
-	logger.warn( "[WARN] The Java version '$major' is not supported by gradle." )
-
-	ext.testedJavaVersion = major
-}
-else {
-	// This JDK is supported by Gradle.
-	ext.testedJavaVersion = JavaVersion.current()
-}
-
 group = 'org.hibernate'
 version = project.ormVersion.fullName
 

gradle/java-module.gradle

@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ tasks.withType( JavaCompile ) {
 	targetCompatibility = project.baselineJavaVersion
 }
 
-if ( project.baselineJavaVersion != project.testedJavaVersion ) {
+if ( project.baselineJavaVersion != gradle.ext.testedJavaVersion ) {
-	logger.info( "Forcing the target bytecode version for test classes to '$project.testedJavaVersion'" )
+	logger.info( "Forcing the target bytecode version for test classes to '$gradle.ext.testedJavaVersion'" )
 
 	tasks.compileTestJava {
 		// For *tests only*, generate bytecode matching the Java version currently in use.
 		// This allows testing bytecode enhancement on the latest Java versions (13, 14, ...).
-		targetCompatibility = project.testedJavaVersion
+		targetCompatibility = gradle.ext.testedJavaVersion
 	}
 }
 

hibernate-integrationtest-java-modules/hibernate-integrationtest-java-modules.gradle

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ apply from: rootProject.file( 'gradle/java-module.gradle' )
 apply plugin: "org.javamodularity.moduleplugin"
 
 // Override -source and -target to the version being tested (11+, since this module is enabled)
-ext.baselineJavaVersion = project.testedJavaVersion
+ext.baselineJavaVersion = gradle.ext.testedJavaVersion
 tasks.withType( JavaCompile ) {
 	sourceCompatibility = project.baselineJavaVersion
 	targetCompatibility = project.baselineJavaVersion

settings.gradle

@@ -10,7 +10,36 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 if ( !JavaVersion.current().java8Compatible ) {
-    throw new GradleException( "Gradle must be run with Java 8" )
+    throw new GradleException( "Gradle must be run with Java 8 or later" )
+}
+
+// Consume the property 'testedJavaVersion' here and
+// set it on gradle.ext so that we can inspect the result in build.gradle.
+// We wouldn't be able to do that if we consumed
+// the property in base-information.gradle and set it on project.ext.
+
+if ( hasProperty( 'testedJavaVersion' ) ) {
+    logger.warn( "[WARN] Targeting Java version '$testedJavaVersion' in tests." )
+    gradle.ext.testedJavaVersion = testedJavaVersion
+    gradle.ext.testedJavaVersionAsEnum = JavaVersion.toVersion( testedJavaVersion )
+}
+else {
+    // We will simply use Gradle's JDK for compilation, tests and javadoc generation.
+    def major
+    if ( JavaVersion.current() == JavaVersion.VERSION_HIGHER) {
+        logger.warn( "Gradle does not support this JDK, because it is too recent; build is likely to fail." +
+                " To avoid failures, you should specify an older Java version in the 'testedJavaVersion' parameter." +
+                " Just append the following to your gradle command:" +
+                " '-PtestedJavaVersion=<major version of your newer JDK, e.g. 14>'" )
+        // Use a hack to retrieve the major as a string.
+        // This only works for Java 9+ (we're at least on Java 18 here).
+        gradle.ext.testedJavaVersion = System.getProperty( 'java.specification.version' )
+    }
+    else {
+        gradle.ext.testedJavaVersion = JavaVersion.current().getMajorVersion()
+    }
+
+    gradle.ext.testedJavaVersionAsEnum = JavaVersion.current()
 }
 
 include 'hibernate-core'