Platform 7 and Jira Data Center plugins development

[dberrutti]

Hello community,

We are developing a plugin for Jira Data Center, and we are aware of the Platform 7 changes as described here: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/marketplace/dc-apps-platform-7/

However, the atlassian-sdk-plugin we are using for developing our plugin ONLY ACCEPTS Java 8 (the sdk was obtained following the steps described here: https://developer.atlassian.com/server/framework/atlassian-sdk/install-the-atlassian-sdk-on-a-linux-or-mac-system/)

How can we develop a Java 17 plugin using a sdk that only accepts Java 8?

[Danylo Kobzar]

https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/announcing-data-center-platform-7-0-next-step-to-improve-our-security-posture/76446/23 
You can keep Java 8 in our code but build it for Java 17. Seems like this approach still requires both version of Maven/Gradle build configuration for Platforms version < 7 and Platform 7