Re: pgjdbc: Maven -> Gradle, Java 6 => 7, JUnit 4 => 5

>Most of these "Maven issues" can be fixed but of course it's not much fun to figure out magic XML incantations to do so.

For those who vote "+-0 for Gradle", I would definitely recommend giving it a try.

Even if you think "Maven is just enough", there's a broad (!) range of cases when Gradle beats Maven.

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Test output in Gradle is way easier to understand.

Gradle: https://github.com/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/runs/484856356?check_suite_focus=true#step:5:218

Maven: https://travis-ci.org/github/pgjdbc/pgjdbc/jobs/658234574#L5913

Isn't that convincing?

Ok, here's another example:

$ maven checkstyle:check

Maven:

[INFO] --- maven-checkstyle-plugin:3.1.1:check (default-cli) @ postgresql ---
[INFO] Starting audit...
[ERROR] .../pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java:9: Import statement for 'org.postgresql.copy.CopyManager' is in the wrong order. Should be in the 'SAME_PACKAGE' group, expecting not assigned imports on this line. [CustomImportOrder]
[ERROR] .../pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java:10: Import statement for 'org.postgresql.fastpath.Fastpath' is in the wrong order. Should be in the 'SAME_PACKAGE' group, expecting not assigned imports on this line. [CustomImportOrder]
[ERROR] .../pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java:11: Import statement for 'org.postgresql.jdbc.AutoSave' is in the wrong order. Should be in the 'SAME_PACKAGE' group, expecting not assigned imports on this line. [CustomImportOrder]
[ERROR] .../pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java:12: Import statement for 'org.postgresql.jdbc.PreferQueryMode' is in the wrong order. Should be in the 'SAME_PACKAGE' group, expecting not assigned imports on this line. [CustomImportOrder]
[ERROR] .../pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java:13: Import statement for 'org.postgresql.largeobject.LargeObjectManager' is in the wrong order. Should be in the 'SAME_PACKAGE' group, expecting not assigned imports on this line. [CustomImportOrder]
[ERROR] .../pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java:14: Import statement for 'org.postgresql.replication.PGReplicationConnection' is in the wrong order. Should be in the 'SAME_PACKAGE' group, expecting not assigned imports on this line. [CustomImportOrder]
[ERROR] .../pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java:15: Import statement for 'org.postgresql.util.PGobject' is in the wrong order. Should be in the 'SAME_PACKAGE' group, expecting not assigned imports on this line. [CustomImportOrder]
[ERROR] .../pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java:17: Extra separation in import group before 'java.sql.SQLException' [CustomImportOrder]
Audit done.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 3.263 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2020-03-11T22:00:48+03:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin:3.1.1:check (default-cli) on project postgresql: Failed during checkstyle execution: There are 8 errors reported by Checkstyle 8.29 with src/main/checkstyle/checks.xml ruleset. -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException

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$ ./gradlew check

> Task :postgresql:autostyleJavaCheck FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':postgresql:autostyleJavaCheck'.
> The following files have format violations:
    pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/PGConnection.java
      @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@

       package org.postgresql;

      -import java.sql.Array;
       import org.postgresql.copy.CopyManager;
       import org.postgresql.fastpath.Fastpath;
       import org.postgresql.jdbc.AutoSave;
      @@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
       import org.postgresql.replication.PGReplicationConnection;
       import org.postgresql.util.PGobject;

      +import java.sql.Array;
       import java.sql.SQLException;
       import java.sql.Statement;
       import java.util.Map;
  Run './gradlew autostyleApply' to fix the violations.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

Vladimir