8.7.0

Changes since 8.6.3
503773e Update rules_java to 8.7.0 and java_tools to 13.14
b4b0466 Move java_stub_template.txt out of Bazel and into @rules_java
4e2b65f Fix buildifier warning suppression for @rules_java
43ca043 Add JDK 21 toolchain for linux_riscv64
97177fb Mark compatibility_proxy extension as reproducible

MODULE.bazel setup

bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.7.0")

WORKSPACE setup

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
http_archive(
    name = "rules_java",
    urls = [
        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/8.7.0/rules_java-8.7.0.tar.gz",
    ],
    sha256 = "5449ed36d61269579dd9f4b0e532cd131840f285b389b3795ae8b4d717387dd8",
)

load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")
rules_java_dependencies()

# note that the following line is what is minimally required from protobuf for the java rules
# consider using the protobuf_deps() public API from @com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl
load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")

# register toolchains
load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_toolchains")
rules_java_toolchains()

Using the rules
See the source.