Support Java 17 for Dependency Scanning
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### Release notes
We have added support for Java 17 to Dependency Scanning. Thank you to the assistance of community contributors @rpandini_wh and @gliDom. If you are using the latest, or latest major(2), the container you do not need to do anything to receive this update. If you have pinned your container to a minor or specific version please update to at least 2.26.0 receive this update.
### Problem to solve
Dependency Scanning currently supports Java up to version 16. Version 17 made it to general availability [recently](https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-releases-java-17-2021-09-14/) (2021-09-14) and should be supported as well.
### Related details
See [this comment](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/merge_requests/157/diffs#note_824274749) for more details.
### Proposal
Add Java 17 support for Dependency Scanning, without introducing any breaking changes.
### Implementation Plan
1. [x] Update [.tool-versions](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/blob/cfa64550757f3626983c4b752d192fce32bb12f6/config/.tool-versions#L5) in `gemnasium-maven` and add `gradle 7.3.3`, keeping gradle `6.7.1` as the default (the first listed version is the default):
```diff
- gradle 6.7.1
+ gradle 6.7.1 7.3.3
```
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/merge_requests/164
1. [x] Update [.tool-versions](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/blob/cfa64550757f3626983c4b752d192fce32bb12f6/config/.tool-versions#L2) in `gemnasium-maven` and add `adoptopenjdk-17.0.2+8` to the list of Java versions:
```diff
- java adoptopenjdk-11.0.7+10.1 adoptopenjdk-8.0.252+9.1 adoptopenjdk-13.0.2+8.1 adoptopenjdk-14.0.1+7.1 adoptopenjdk-15.0.2+7 adoptopenjdk-16.0.0+36
+ java adoptopenjdk-11.0.7+10.1 adoptopenjdk-8.0.252+9.1 adoptopenjdk-13.0.2+8.1 adoptopenjdk-14.0.1+7.1 adoptopenjdk-15.0.2+7 adoptopenjdk-16.0.0+36 adoptopenjdk-17.0.2+8
```
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/merge_requests/164
1. [x] Update [analyzer-wrapper](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/blob/cfa64550757f3626983c4b752d192fce32bb12f6/analyzer-wrapper#L31) so that if a user configures `DS_JAVA_VERSION=17`, we automatically select `gradle 7.3.3`
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/merge_requests/164
1. [x] Update [`utils/gradle-plugin-builder/build.gradle`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/blob/cfa64550757f3626983c4b752d192fce32bb12f6/utils/gradle-plugin-builder/build.gradle#L5) to use `gradle 7` syntax:
```diff
- runtime group: 'com.gemnasium', name: 'gradle-plugin', version: '0.3.5'
+ runtimeOnly group: 'com.gemnasium', name: 'gradle-plugin', version: '0.3.5'
```
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/merge_requests/164
1. [x] Add the following downstream QA tests to the [java-gradle](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/tests/java-gradle) test project:
- [x] Test against a `Java 17` project without a `gradlew` file and show that it automatically switches to the pre-installed `gradle 7.3.3`
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/tests/java-gradle/-/jobs/2160792124
```shell
Using java version 'adoptopenjdk-17.0.2+8'
Using gradle version '7.3.3'
```
- [x] Test against an older Java version, such as `Java 14`, and show:
- [x] if no `gradlew` file is provided, `gradle 6.7.1` will be used
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/merge_requests/167
- [x] if a `gradlew` file is provided that contains Gradle version `7.3`, the tests still pass
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/tests/java-gradle/-/jobs/2160792098
```shell
Using java version 'adoptopenjdk-14.0.1+7.1'
Welcome to Gradle 7.3!
Job succeeded
```
It's important to add tests for projects that don't have a `gradlew` wrapper file with a pinned version of gradle. This shows that a `Java 17` project uses `gradle 7.3.3`, and a `Java 14` project uses `gradle 6.7.1`.
If we were to use a pinned version of gradle in a `gradlew` file, then it wouldn't show us that the version of gradle changes programmatically based on the version of Java, which is what we need to demonstrate.
See [this MR](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/merge_requests/157) for a starting point.
1. [x] Add the following downstream QA test to the [java-maven](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/tests/java-maven) test project:
- [x] Test against a `Java 17` project
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/tests/java-maven/-/jobs/2160792198
See [this MR](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/merge_requests/145) as a starting point.
1. [x] Add `Java 17` to the [Supported languages and package managers](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/#supported-languages-and-package-managers) table in the Dependency Scanning docs.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/82276
1. [x] Make the following changes to the [Obtaining dependency information by running a package manager to generate a parsable file](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/dependency_scanning/#obtaining-dependency-information-by-running-a-package-manager-to-generate-a-parsable-file) table in the Dependency Scanning docs:
- [x] Add `gradle 7.3` to the `Tested Versions` column for the `Gradle` package manager.
- [x] Add `gradle 7.3.3` to the `Preinstalled Versions` column for the `Gradle` package manager, and include a footnote explaining:
> When `DS_JAVA_VERSION` is set to `17`, `gradle 7.3.3` will automatically be selected as the package manager.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/82276
1. [x] Make sure to give credit to @gliDom for their community contribution in [Add support for java 17](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/gemnasium-maven/-/merge_requests/150) which has provided some necessary details to help complete this issue.
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