Knot.x 2.4.0

We are extremely pleased to announce that the Knot.x version 2.4.0 has been released.

Changes

JDK 11 support

All modules within Knot.x were updated from JDK 8 (AdoptOpenJDK) to JDK 11 (Temurin).

Fixing vulnerabilities

This release addresses security concerns by resolving the following vulnerabilities:

• io.vertx:vertx-dependencies:3.9.8 -> io.vertx:vertx-dependencies:3.9.16
• commons-io:commons-io:2.5 -> commons-io:commons-io:2.15.1
• org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:4.2 -> org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:4.4
• com.google.guava:guava:30.1.1-jre -> com.google.guava:guava:33.0.0-jre
• ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.3 -> ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.4.14
• com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8:2.30.1 -> org.wiremock:wiremock:3.3.1
• io.pebbletemplates:pebble:3.1.2 -> io.pebbletemplates:pebble:3.2.2

Release Notes

Knot.x Gradle Plugins

• PR-50 Upgrade JDK from 8 to 11, upgrade Gradle to 7.6.3

Knot.x Dependencies

• PR-71 [security] Upgrade to Vert.x 3.9.16, fixing outdated dependencies vulnerabilities

Knot.x Commons

No important changes in this version.

Knot.x Launcher

• PR-51 - Upgrade Gradle to 7.6.3

Knot.x Junit5

• PR-78 Upgrade Gradle to 7.6.3, upgrade wiremock dependency.

Knot.x Server Http

• PR-78 Upgrade Gradle to 7.6.3, Rest-Assured

Knot.x Repository Connector

• PR Upgrade Gradle to 7.6.3, Wiremock.

Knot.x Fragments

• PR-223 Upgrade Gradle to 7.6.3, Wiremock

Knot.x Template Engine

• PR-59 Upgrade Gradle to 7.6.3, Handlebars to 4.3.1, Pebble Templates to 3.2.2

Knot.x Stack

No important changes in this version.

Knot.x Docker

• PR-30 Upgrade Docker images to JDK 11, upgrade Gradle to 7.6.3

Knot.x Starter Kit

• PR-53 Upgrade to JDK 11, upgrade Gradle to 7.6.3

Upgrade notes

Configure JDK 11 in your Gradle project:

java {
    toolchain {
        languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(11))
        vendor.set(JvmVendorSpec.ADOPTIUM)
    }
}