🆙 Upgrade project dependencies and Java version; refactor code for improved compatibility and performance

Emulator/pom.xml

@@ -10,39 +10,27 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-
-        <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>java8-doclint-disabled</id>
-            <activation>
-                <jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
-            </activation>
-            <properties>
-                <javadoc.opts>-Xdoclint:none</javadoc.opts>
-            </properties>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-
     <build>
-
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>16</source>
-                    <target>16</target>
+                    <source>19</source>
+                    <target>19</target>
+                    <release>21</release>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.7.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <descriptorRefs>
                         <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
@@ -67,9 +55,9 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.10.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <additionalOptions><additionalOption>-Xdoclint:none</additionalOption></additionalOptions>
+                    <doclint>none</doclint>
                     <show>public</show>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
@@ -81,10 +69,6 @@
             <id>central</id>
             <url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>mvnrepo</id>
-            <url>https://mvnrepository.com/</url>
-        </repository>
     </repositories>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -92,21 +76,21 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.49.Final</version>
+            <version>4.1.115.Final</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- GSON -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.6</version>
+            <version>2.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- MySQL Connector -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.22</version>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+            <version>9.1.0</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -118,21 +102,23 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.zaxxer/HikariCP -->
+        <!-- HikariCP -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.3</version>
+            <version>6.2.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Apache Commons Lang -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.10</version>
+            <version>3.17.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Apache Commons Math -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
@@ -140,30 +126,41 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- JSoup -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
-            <version>1.13.1</version>
+            <version>1.18.3</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- SLF4J API -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.16</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Logback -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.3</version>
+            <version>1.5.15</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Jansi -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.fusesource.jansi</groupId>
             <artifactId>jansi</artifactId>
-            <version>1.18</version>
+            <version>2.4.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Joda Time -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
             <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.6</version>
+            <version>2.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>