From 38edf579007bbf554cfd45afe713727550ff3536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manu Sridharan <msridhar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 10:17:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update Gradle config to always compile Java code using JDK 17
 (#971)

Before this change, if Gradle itself was running on JDK 21+, compilation
would fail.
---
 build.gradle | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8a5760f562..dd787f61c6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ subprojects { project ->
     }
     project.tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
         dependsOn(installGitHooks)
+        // Always compile using JDK 17, independent of the JDK version used to run Gradle.
+        // We can't compile on JDK 21 since some internal javac APIs changed between 17
+        // and 21, and for now NullAway compiles against the JDK 17 APIs and uses reflection
+        // on JDK 21+.  This configuration means compilation will succeed even if Gradle
+        // is running on JDK 21+.
+        javaCompiler = javaToolchains.compilerFor {
+            languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(17)
+        }
         options.compilerArgs += [
             "-Xlint:deprecation",
             "-Xlint:rawtypes",