Roll back from Java 25 to Java 17

Co-authored-by: thomasturrell <1552612+thomasturrell@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "xAPI Java Development",
-  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/java:25",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/java:17",
 
   "features": {
      "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/java:1": {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "java.jdt.ls.java.home": "/usr/lib/jvm/msopenjdk-current",
         "java.configuration.runtimes": [
           {
-            "name": "JavaSE-25",
+            "name": "JavaSE-17",
             "path": "/usr/lib/jvm/msopenjdk-current"
           }
         ]

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        java-version: '25'
+        java-version: '17'
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     # Uses custom configuration file to exclude test directories from analysis.

.github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml

@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 25
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
-          java-version: "25"
+          java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
           cache: maven
 

.github/workflows/manual-release.yml

@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ jobs:
           
           echo "Tag $TAG_NAME does not exist. Proceeding with release."
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 25
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
-          java-version: "25"
+          java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
           cache: maven
           cache-dependency-path: |

.github/workflows/maven_pull_request.yml

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Set up JDK 25
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
-          java-version: "25"
+          java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
           cache: maven
           cache-dependency-path: |

.github/workflows/maven_push.yml

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Set up JDK 25
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
-          java-version: "25"
+          java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
           cache: maven
           cache-dependency-path: |

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -32,24 +32,24 @@ This project adheres to a [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By participatin
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-xAPI Java requires **Java 25 or newer**.
+xAPI Java requires **Java 17 or newer**.
 
-#### Installing Java 25
+#### Installing Java 17
 
 We recommend using [SDKMAN!](https://sdkman.io/) to install and manage Java versions:
 
 ```bash
 # Install SDKMAN (if not already installed)
 curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io" | bash
 
-# Install Java 25 (Temurin distribution recommended)
-sdk install java 25.0.1-tem
+# Install Java 17 (Temurin distribution recommended)
+sdk install java 17.0.13-tem
 
 # Verify installation
 java -version
 ```
 
-**Note**: The exact identifier (e.g., `25.0.1-tem`) may vary by platform and availability. Run `sdk list java` to see available Java 25 versions for your system and choose the appropriate one for your platform.
+**Note**: The exact identifier (e.g., `17.0.13-tem`) may vary by platform and availability. Run `sdk list java` to see available Java 17 versions for your system and choose the appropriate one for your platform.
 
 ### Setting Up Your Development Environment
 

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Both the xAPI Client and xAPI Model use a [fluent interface](https://en.wikipedi
 
 ## Requirements
 
-xAPI Java requires **Java 25 or newer**. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#prerequisites) for detailed installation instructions.
+xAPI Java requires **Java 17 or newer**. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#prerequisites) for detailed installation instructions.
 
 ## xAPI Java Client
 

pom.xml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <description>learning.dev xAPI Build</description>
   <url>https://github.com/BerryCloud/xapi-java</url>
   <properties>
-    <java.version>25</java.version>
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
     <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.14</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin.version>