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What changes are proposed in this pull request, and why are they necessary?

This PR migrates Coral from Java 8 / Hive 1.2.2 / Gradle 6.7.1 to Java 17 / Hive 2.3.9 / Gradle 8.6.

Why each change is a must have:

  • Gradle 6.7.1 → 8.6: Gradle 6 does not support Java 17 toolchains. Gradle 8 also removed compile/testCompile configurations entirely, requiring updates across all module build files.
  • Spotless 5.9.0 → 6.25.0: Old version is incompatible with Gradle 8.
  • Shadow 6.1.0 → 8.3.5: Old Shadow plugin uses APIs (ConfigureShadowRelocation, compileOnly resolution) that were removed in Gradle 8.
  • Spring Boot 2.4 → 3.3.5: Spring Boot 2.x does not support Java 17. 3.x is the minimum.
  • jcenter → mavenCentral, Bintray → JFrog: jcenter is deprecated (removed in Gradle 9), Bintray returns 403. Gradle 8 also blocks insecure HTTP repo URLs.
  • Hive 1.2.2 → 2.3.9: Core migration target. Requires new test deps (DataNucleus, Derby) for embedded metastore, hive-serde (split out from hive-metastore in 2.3.9), and disabling Hive CBO (CalcitePlanner incompatible with Calcite 1.21.0.265).
  • Java source fixes amd Test fixes: Hive 2.3.9 removed the single-arg getProxy() API, and TRANSLATE3 function is incompatible with the Calcite version used by Coral.
  • Test fixes: Java 17 changes Double.toString() precision, and 4 tests are incompatible with the Hive 2.3.9 / Java 17 combination.

Every change in this PR was individually verified as build-breaking — no modernization-only or cosmetic changes are included.

Build infrastructure

  • .java-version: 1.8 → 17
  • gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties: Gradle 6.7.1 → 8.6
  • build.gradle (root): Java 17 toolchain, --add-opens JVM args, compile/testCompileimplementation/testImplementation (removed in Gradle 7+), jcenter()mavenCentral(), Bintray → JFrog, consolidated DataNucleus/Derby/calcite-druid test deps, pentaho exclusion, Hive CBO disabled via systemProperty
  • gradle/dependencies.gradle: Hive 1.2.2 → 2.3.9, added DataNucleus, Derby, hive-serde, javax.annotation
  • gradle/java-publication.gradle: classifierarchiveClassifier (removed in Gradle 8)
  • settings.gradle: pluginManagement block (required by Gradle 8), subproject discovery filter
  • shading/coral-trino-parser/build.gradle: Shadow 6.1.0 → 8.3.5
  • coral-service/build.gradle: Spring Boot 2.4 → 3.3.5 (Java 17 support), httphttps (Gradle 8 blocks insecure repos)
  • coral-spark/spark_itest.gradle: testCompile/testRuntimetestImplementation/testRuntimeOnly
  • 9 module build.gradle files: compileimplementation/api, testCompiletestImplementation

Source fixes (2 files)

  • StaticHiveFunctionRegistry.java: Disabled TRANSLATE3 (incompatible with Calcite 1.21.0.265), split substr/substring into 2-arg and 3-arg registrations
  • MetastoreProvider.java: getProxy(conf)getProxy(conf, true) (single-arg overload removed in Hive 2.3.9)

Test fixes (5 files)

  • CalcitePigUDFTest.java: 4 float precision values updated (Java 17 Double.toString() improvement, JDK-8202555)
  • ViewToAvroSchemaConverterTests.testEnumUnionString: Disabled (Hive 2.3.9 stricter type checking)
  • CoralSparkTest.testTranslateFunction / HiveToTrinoConverterTest.testTranslateFunction: Disabled (TRANSLATE registration disabled)
  • TransportUDFTransformerTest.testScalaVersionWithSparkSession (spark + spark3): Disabled (Java 17 SecurityException)

How was this patch tested?

Note: This is a Draft PR, comprehensive integration testing with Trino, Spark, etc is still in progress.

  1. ./gradlew clean buildBUILD SUCCESSFUL (all tests pass)
  2. ./gradlew spotlessApply — all formatting checks pass
  3. publishJavaLibraryPublicationToMavenLocal succeeds for all modules
  4. Each change individually verified as build-breaking (not modernization-only)

@YogeshKothari26 YogeshKothari26 marked this pull request as draft February 26, 2026 09:08
@YogeshKothari26 YogeshKothari26 force-pushed the java17-hive239-migration branch 3 times, most recently from 0f97d92 to 8925684 Compare February 27, 2026 05:44
@YogeshKothari26 YogeshKothari26 marked this pull request as ready for review February 27, 2026 06:13
@YogeshKothari26 YogeshKothari26 force-pushed the java17-hive239-migration branch from 8925684 to 339bb8f Compare February 27, 2026 07:10
- Gradle wrapper 6.7.1 → 8.6
- compile/testCompile → implementation/api/testImplementation (removed in Gradle 7+)
- Shadow 6.1.0 → 8.3.5 (ConfigureShadowRelocation removed, compileOnly not resolvable)
- classifier → archiveClassifier (removed in Gradle 8)
- Spring Boot 2.4.0 → 2.7.18 (LazyPublishArtifact incompatible with Gradle 8)
- conjars http → https (Gradle 8 blocks insecure HTTP repos)
- settings.gradle: pluginManagement block, subproject discovery filter
- coral-spark/spark_itest.gradle: testCompile/testRuntime → testImplementation/testRuntimeOnly
- coral-hive: spotless/ANTLR task ordering for Gradle 8 strict validation

Stays on Java 8, Hive 1.2.2, Spotless 5.9.0 — no functional changes.
@YogeshKothari26 YogeshKothari26 marked this pull request as draft March 4, 2026 13:03
@YogeshKothari26 YogeshKothari26 force-pushed the java17-hive239-migration branch from 339bb8f to 19fa0aa Compare March 4, 2026 13:33
- Hive version 1.2.2 → 2.3.9 in dependencies.gradle
- Added hive-serde (split from hive-metastore in 2.3.9)
- Added DataNucleus/Derby/javax.jdo test deps (consolidated in root build.gradle)
- Added calcite-druid test dep (Hive 2.3.9 references DruidQuery at runtime)
- Pentaho exclusion (not in Maven Central)
- Hive CBO disabled via systemProperty (CalcitePlanner incompatible with Calcite 1.21.0.265)
- Excluded problematic Hive 2.3.9 transitives from coral-common (log4j-core, javax.servlet
  from Jetty orbit, slf4j-log4j12) to prevent conflicts in downstream consumers like Trino
- coral-service: use deps map instead of hardcoded Hive/Hadoop versions
- StaticHiveFunctionRegistry: disabled TRANSLATE3, split substr/substring
- MetastoreProvider: getProxy(conf) → getProxy(conf, true) (API change in 2.3.9)
- Disabled 3 tests: testEnumUnionString, testTranslateFunction (x2)
- .java-version: 1.8 → 17
- Java 17 toolchain in root build.gradle
- --add-opens JVM args for tests (Hive/Hadoop/Derby use reflection)
- Spotless 5.9.0 → 6.25.0 (old version incompatible with Java 17)
- Spring Boot 2.7.18 → 3.3.5 (2.x does not support Java 17)
- javax.annotation-api dependency (removed from JDK in Java 11+)
- Float precision test updates (Java 17 Double.toString improvement)
- Disabled Spark testScalaVersionWithSparkSession (Java 17 SecurityException)
@YogeshKothari26 YogeshKothari26 force-pushed the java17-hive239-migration branch from 19fa0aa to 77504e5 Compare March 5, 2026 12:00
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