Upgrade gradle configuration to support java 17+

[eric-vlaanderen]

Update gradle version to support newer versions of java, minor typos in ROutputParser which caused errors in newer java versions. Add jvm options to the gradle test target to prevent test failures on java 17+. Update to latest versions of arrow and commons-lang3.

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🟡 Changes recommended

The build configuration introduces open-ended Arrow version ranges and contains a misleading JVM-arg comment, both of which increase the risk of unexpected future build/test breakage.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the project’s Gradle setup and dependencies to improve compatibility with newer Java versions (17+), and fixes Javadoc tag typos that can trigger stricter doclint errors on newer JDKs.

Changes:

• Upgraded the Gradle wrapper distribution to a newer Gradle 8.x release.
• Updated Arrow and commons-lang3 dependency versions, and added Arrow unsafe memory dependency for tests.
• Added JVM args to the Gradle test task to reduce Java 17+ reflective/module-access related test failures; corrected @throw → @throws in ROutputParser Javadocs.

File summaries

File	Description
RCaller/src/main/java/com/github/rcaller/rstuff/ROutputParser.java	Fixes invalid Javadoc tag usage (@throw → @throws) related to Arrow/XML parser API docs.
RCaller/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties	Updates Gradle wrapper distribution URL to a newer Gradle version.
RCaller/build.gradle	Bumps dependency versions and adds Java 17+ oriented JVM args for tests; adjusts Arrow-related test dependencies.

Review details

Suppressed comments (1)

RCaller/build.gradle:25

• Same concern for test dependencies: the open-ended Arrow ranges ([19.0.0,)) can introduce unplanned major upgrades and CI breakage. Bounding to <20.0.0 keeps you on Arrow 19.x while still allowing minor/patch updates.

    testImplementation 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-vector:[19.0.0,)'
    testImplementation 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-memory-netty:[19.0.0,)'
    testImplementation 'org.apache.arrow:arrow-memory-unsafe:[19.0.0,)'

• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 2
• Review effort level: Lite

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[jbytecode]

Arrow vector version [19.0.0) to [19.0.0,20.0.0)