Dear Team, I am writing to discuss a proposal I've made in CASSANDRA-18467, which pertains to offering JDK 17 support for the ant generate-idea-files command. With this support in place, when you run ant generate-idea-files using Java 17, the resulting IntelliJ IDEA project will have the necessary settings to build and run tests with Java 17 within the IDE. This is similar to how the current Java 11 support works.
In addition to this primary enhancement, I have also made two other minor, but significant updates: 1. The .idea subdirectory and the project IML files are now removed when running ant generate-idea-files. However, please note that these files are still unaffected when you run ant realclean. 2. The JUnit run configurations now include additional test JVM arguments, referred to as _std-test-jvmargs in build.xml. Given the nature of these changes, I have conducted manual tests on the IntelliJ projects created. I validated these changes in two distinct environments: 1. Separate repositories for different JDKs, with no JDK switching within a single repository. 2. A single repository with JDK switching. If your workflow differs from these scenarios, I kindly request you to test these changes and share your feedback. Alternatively, please inform me about your unique workflow, and I will conduct the necessary testing on my end. The updated code can be accessed at the following GitHub link: https://github.com/jakubzytka/cassandra/tree/CASSANDRA-18467 You can also view the pull request here: https://github.com/apache/cassandra/pull/2320 I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this proposal. Best regards, Kuba
