chore: Java 8 unit test to build code in Java 17 and run tests on Java 8 (#1800)

.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml

@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:af2eda87a54601ae7b7b2be5055c17b43ac98a7805b586772db314de8a7d4a1d
-# created: 2023-06-16T02:10:09.149325782Z
+  digest: sha256:32851debfefed2b66038e0141f1b5c2103bb59ba80b7475adbc10ef7abab3de7
+# created: 2023-06-22T15:06:52.039318836Z

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ updates:
       interval: "daily"
     # Disable version updates for Maven dependencies
     # we use renovate-bot as well as shared-dependencies BOM to update maven dependencies.
-    ignore: "*"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
     # Disable version updates for pip dependencies
     # If a security vulnerability comes in, we will be notified about 
     # it via template in the synthtool repository.
-    ignore: "*"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"

.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml

@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ branchProtectionRules:
   requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
   # List of required status check contexts that must pass for commits to be accepted to matching branches.
   requiredStatusCheckContexts:
-    - "dependencies (8)"
-    - "dependencies (11)"
+    - "dependencies (17)"
     - "lint"
     - "clirr"
     - "units (8)"

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java: [8, 11, 17]
+        java: [11, 17]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
@@ -36,6 +36,28 @@ jobs:
     - run: .kokoro/build.sh
       env:
         JOB_TYPE: test
+  units-java8:
+    # Building using Java 17 and run the tests with Java 8 runtime
+    name: "units (8)"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: 8
+          distribution: zulu
+      - name: "Set jvm system property environment variable for surefire plugin (unit tests)"
+        # Maven surefire plugin (unit tests) allows us to specify JVM to run the tests.
+        # https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/test-mojo.html#jvm
+        run: echo "SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT=-Djvm=${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        shell: bash
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: zulu
+      - run: .kokoro/build.sh
+        env:
+          JOB_TYPE: test
   windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
@@ -54,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [8, 11, 17]
+        java: [17]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v3

.kokoro/build.sh

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ set +e
 
 case ${JOB_TYPE} in
 test)
-    mvn test -B -ntp -Dclirr.skip=true -Denforcer.skip=true
+    echo "SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT: ${SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT}"
+    mvn test -B -ntp -Dclirr.skip=true -Denforcer.skip=true ${SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT}
     RETURN_CODE=$?
     ;;
 lint)