8.9.0

Changes since 8.8.0
34d7e1b Update rules_java to 8.9.0 and java_tools to 13.16
9d2f73e Ignore the exec_group_compatible_with attribute in java_binary transitive validation collection
93fdd8a Add a test asseting that the JavaInfo returned by java_binary targets are marked as such.
4aa6673 Improve android_support_tests.bzl

MODULE.bazel setup

bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "8.9.0")

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/8.9.0/rules_java-8.9.0.tar.gz",
    ],
    sha256 = "8daa0e4f800979c74387e4cd93f97e576ec6d52beab8ac94710d2931c57f8d8b",
)

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.