Set JVM compatibility to version 17

Set Java language version to 17
fixup! Bump Gradle to version 8.14
2025-04-25 11:43:00 -07:00 · 2025-04-25 11:33:04 -07:00 · 2025-04-25 11:12:51 -07:00 · 2025-04-25 09:30:17 -07:00 · 2025-04-25 09:29:45 -07:00 · 2025-04-13 13:41:13 -07:00
93 changed files with 1050 additions and 643 deletions
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@ -1,41 +1,42 @@
-inversion: 2
-defaults: &defaults
-  working_directory: ~/repo
-  environment:
-    JVM_OPTS: -Xmx3200m
-    TERM: dumb
-    CI_NAME: "CircleCI"
+version: 2.1

-defaults_gradle: &defaults_bld
+commands:
+  build_and_test:
+    parameters:
+      reports-dir:
+        type: string
+        default: "build/reports/test_results"
    steps:
      - checkout
      - run:
-        name: Download the dependencies
+          name: Download dependencies
          command: ./bld download
      - run:
-        name: Run tests with bld
-        command: ./bld compile test
+          name: Compile source
+          command: ./bld compile
+      - run:
+          name: Run tests
+          command: ./bld jacoco -reports-dir=<< parameters.reports-dir >>
+      - store_test_results:
+          path: << parameters.reports-dir >>
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: build/reports/jacoco/test/html

 jobs:
-  bld_jdk20:
-    <<: *defaults
-
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/openjdk:20.0
-
-    <<: *defaults_bld
-
  bld_jdk17:
-    <<: *defaults
-
    docker:
      - image: cimg/openjdk:17.0
+    steps:
+      - build_and_test

-    <<: *defaults_bld
+  bld_jdk21:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/openjdk:21.0
+    steps:
+      - build_and_test

 workflows:
-  version: 2
  bld:
    jobs:
      - bld_jdk17
-      - bld_jdk20
+      - bld_jdk21
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@ -1,53 +1,76 @@
 name: bld-ci

-on: [ push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch ]
+on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]

 jobs:
  build-bld-project:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
    env:
-      COVERAGE_SDK: "17"
+      COVERAGE_JDK: "17"

    strategy:
      matrix:
-        java-version: [ 17, 20 ]
+        java-version: [17, 21, 24]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

    steps:
      - name: Checkout source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
        with:
-          distribution: 'zulu'
+          distribution: "zulu"
          java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}

-      - name: Grant execute permission for bld
-        run: chmod +x bld
-
-      - name: Download the dependencies
+      - name: Download dependencies [bld example]
+        working-directory: examples/java/bld
        run: ./bld download

-      - name: Run tests with bld
-        run: ./bld compile jacoco
+      - name: Compile and run [bld example]
+        working-directory: examples/java/bld
+        run: |
+          ./bld compile
+          ./bld run
+          ./bld run-example
+
+      - name: Run example [gradle java examples]
+        working-directory: examples/java/gradle
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew run
+          ./gradlew runExample
+
+      - name: Run example [gradle kotlin examples]
+        working-directory: examples/kotlin
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew run
+          ./gradlew runExample
+
+      - name: Download dependencies
+        run: ./bld download
+
+      - name: Compile source
+        run: ./bld compile
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: ./bld jacoco

      - name: Remove pom.xml
-        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_SDK
+        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_JDK && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
        run: rm -rf pom.xml

      - name: SonarCloud Scan
        uses: sonarsource/sonarcloud-github-action@master
-        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_SDK
+        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_JDK && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}

      - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_SDK
+        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_JDK && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
        env:
          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
 .idea/httpRequests

 local.properties
+target
--- a/.idea/app.iml
+++ b/.idea/app.iml
@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
    <exclude-output />
    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/java" isTestSource="false" />
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/resources" type="java-resource" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/resources" type="java-resource" relativeOutputPath="resources" />
      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/java" isTestSource="true" />
      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/resources" type="java-test-resource" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/resources/templates" />
    </content>
    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
--- a/.idea/bld.xml
+++ b/.idea/bld.xml
@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="BldConfiguration">
+    <events />
+  </component>
+</project>
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
-    <annotationProcessing>
-      <profile name="Gradle Imported" enabled="true">
-        <outputRelativeToContentRoot value="true" />
-        <option name="semver.project.dir" value="$PROJECT_DIR$/examples/java/gradle" />
-        <processorPath useClasspath="false">
-          <entry name="$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/net/thauvin/erik/semver/1.2.1-SNAPSHOT/semver-1.2.1-SNAPSHOT.jar" />
-          <entry name="$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/github/spullara/mustache/java/compiler/0.9.10/compiler-0.9.10.jar" />
-        </processorPath>
-        <module name="examples-java.main" />
-      </profile>
-    </annotationProcessing>
-  </component>
-</project>
--- a/.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
+++ b/.idea/copyright/profiles_settings.xml
@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 <component name="CopyrightManager">
-  <settings>
-    <module2copyright>
-      <element module="Source Code" copyright="BSD-3 Clause" />
-    </module2copyright>
-  </settings>
+  <settings default="BSD-3 Clause" />
 </component>
--- a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
+++ b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/Project_Default.xml
@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
  <profile version="1.0">
    <option name="myName" value="Project Default" />
    <inspection_tool class="JavadocDeclaration" enabled="true" level="WARNING" enabled_by_default="true">
-      <option name="ADDITIONAL_TAGS" value="created,created.on" />
+      <option name="ADDITIONAL_TAGS" value="created" />
    </inspection_tool>
-    <inspection_tool class="RedundantExplicitVariableType" enabled="true" level="INFORMATION" enabled_by_default="true" editorAttributes="INFORMATION_ATTRIBUTES" />
  </profile>
 </component>
--- a/.idea/intellij-javadocs-4.0.1.xml
+++ b/.idea/intellij-javadocs-4.0.1.xml
@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="JavaDocConfiguration">
+    <GENERAL>
+      <MODE>UPDATE</MODE>
+      <OVERRIDDEN_METHODS>false</OVERRIDDEN_METHODS>
+      <SPLITTED_CLASS_NAME>true</SPLITTED_CLASS_NAME>
+      <LEVELS>
+        <LEVEL>FIELD</LEVEL>
+        <LEVEL>TYPE</LEVEL>
+        <LEVEL>METHOD</LEVEL>
+      </LEVELS>
+      <VISIBILITIES>
+        <VISIBILITY>DEFAULT</VISIBILITY>
+        <VISIBILITY>PUBLIC</VISIBILITY>
+        <VISIBILITY>PROTECTED</VISIBILITY>
+      </VISIBILITIES>
+    </GENERAL>
+    <TEMPLATES>
+      <CLASSES>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+interface\s+\w+.*</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The interface ${name}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;        * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+        * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+enum\s+\w+.*</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The enum ${name}.\n
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+class\s+\w+.*</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The type ${name}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;        * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+        * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The type ${name}.\n
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+      </CLASSES>
+      <CONSTRUCTORS>
+        <CONSTRUCTOR>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * Instantiates a new ${name}.\n
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CONSTRUCTOR>
+      </CONSTRUCTORS>
+      <METHODS>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*\s*.*(\w(\s*&lt;.+&gt;)*)+\s+get\w+\s*\(.*\).+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * Gets ${partName}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;         * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+         * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt;
+         *\n
+         * @return the ${partName}\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*\s*.*(void|\w(\s*&lt;.+&gt;)*)+\s+set\w+\s*\(.*\).+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * Sets ${partName}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;         * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+         * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt;
+         *\n
+         * @return the ${partName}\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>^.*((public\s+static)|(static\s+public))\s+void\s+main\s*\(\s*String\s*(\[\s*\]|\.\.\.)\s+\w+\s*\).+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The entry point of application.\n
+
+     &lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+     * @param ${element.parameterList.parameters[0].name} the input arguments\n
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * ${name}&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt; ${return}&lt;/#if&gt;.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;         * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+         * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt;
+         *\n
+         * @return the ${return}\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+      </METHODS>
+      <FIELDS>
+        <FIELD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+static.*(\w\s\w)+.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The constant ${element.getName()}.\n
+ */</VALUE>
+        </FIELD>
+        <FIELD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.*(\w\s\w)+.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+    &lt;#if element.parent.isInterface()&gt;
+        * The constant ${element.getName()}.\n
+&lt;#else&gt;
+        * The ${name}.\n
+&lt;/#if&gt; */</VALUE>
+        </FIELD>
+        <FIELD>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+    &lt;#if element.parent.isEnum()&gt;
+        *${name} ${typeName}.\n
+&lt;#else&gt;
+        * The ${name}.\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;*/</VALUE>
+        </FIELD>
+      </FIELDS>
+    </TEMPLATES>
+  </component>
+</project>
--- a/.idea/kotlinc.xml
+++ b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="KotlinJpsPluginSettings">
-    <option name="version" value="1.9.10" />
-  </component>
-</project>
--- a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
  <library name="bld">
    <CLASSES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.2.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1.jar!/" />
    </CLASSES>
    <JAVADOC />
    <SOURCES>
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.2-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1-sources.jar!/" />
    </SOURCES>
    <excluded>
      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />
--- a/.idea/libraries/compile.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/compile.xml
@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
  <library name="compile">
    <CLASSES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
    </CLASSES>
    <JAVADOC />
    <SOURCES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
    </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
  </library>
 </component>
--- a/.idea/libraries/runtime.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/runtime.xml
@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <SOURCES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" />
    </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
  </library>
 </component>
--- a/.idea/libraries/test.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/test.xml
@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
  <library name="test">
    <CLASSES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/test/resources" />
    </CLASSES>
    <JAVADOC />
    <SOURCES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
    </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
  </library>
 </component>
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@ -2,17 +2,12 @@
 <project version="4">
  <component name="EntryPointsManager">
    <pattern value="net.thauvin.erik.semver.SemverBuild" method="jacoco" />
-    <pattern value="net.thauvin.erik.semver.SemverBuild" method="pmd" />
    <pattern value="net.thauvin.erik.semver.SemverBuild" method="pandoc" />
+    <pattern value="net.thauvin.erik.semver.SemverBuild" method="pmd" />
+    <pattern value="net.thauvin.erik.semver.SemverBuild" method="pmdCli" />
    <pattern value="net.thauvin.erik.semver.SemverBuild" />
  </component>
-  <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
  <component name="PDMPlugin">
-    <option name="customRuleSets">
-      <list>
-        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-exec/config/pmd.xml" />
-      </list>
-    </option>
    <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
  </component>
  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
    <modules>
      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/app.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/app.iml" />
      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/bld.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/bld.iml" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java.main.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java.main.iml" />
    </modules>
  </component>
 </project>
--- a/.idea/modules/examples-java.main.iml
+++ b/.idea/modules/examples-java.main.iml
@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module version="4">
-  <component name="AdditionalModuleElements">
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../examples/java/gradle/src/generated/java">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../examples/java/gradle/src/generated/java" isTestSource="false" generated="true" />
-    </content>
-  </component>
-</module>
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations/Run
+++ b/.idea/runConfigurations/Run
@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 <component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
-  <configuration default="false" name="Run Tests" type="Application" factoryName="Application" nameIsGenerated="true">
-    <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="net.thauvin.erik.semver.SemVerTest" />
+  <configuration default="false" name="Run Tests" type="JUnit" factoryName="JUnit">
    <module name="app" />
+    <option name="PACKAGE_NAME" value="moog" />
+    <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="net.thauvin.erik" />
+    <option name="METHOD_NAME" value="" />
+    <option name="TEST_OBJECT" value="directory" />
+    <dir value="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/test/java" />
    <method v="2">
      <option name="Make" enabled="true" />
    </method>
--- a/.idea/scopes/Source_Code.xml
+++ b/.idea/scopes/Source_Code.xml
@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<component name="DependencyValidationManager">
-  <scope name="Source Code" pattern="*.java||file[bld]:*/||file[app]:src/main/java//*||file[app]:src/test/java//*" />
-</component>
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "type": "java",
-            "name": "Run Tests",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "mainClass": "net.thauvin.erik.semver.SemverTest"
-        }
-    ]
-}
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "java.project.sourcePaths": [
-        "src/main/java",
-        "src/main/resources",
-        "src/test/java",
-        "src/bld/java"
-    ],
-    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
-    "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}bld-1.7.2.jar",
-        "lib/compile/*.jar",
-        "lib/runtime/*.jar",
-        "lib/test/*.jar"
-    ]
-}
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 All rights reserved.

 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -2,13 +2,13 @@

 [![License (3-Clause BSD)](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD%203--Clause-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)
 [![Java](https://img.shields.io/badge/java-17%2B-blue)](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk17-archive-downloads.html)
-[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/1.7.2-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
+[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/2.2.1-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
 [![release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/ethauvin/semver.svg)](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/releases/latest)
 [![Nexus Snapshot](https://img.shields.io/nexus/s/net.thauvin.erik/semver?label=snapshot&server=https%3A%2F%2Foss.sonatype.org%2F)](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/net/thauvin/erik/semver/)
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/net.thauvin.erik/semver.svg)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/net.thauvin.erik/semver)

 [![Quality Gate Status](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=ethauvin_semver&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=ethauvin_semver)
-[![GitHub CI](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/actions/workflows/gradle.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/actions/workflows/gradle.yml)
+[![GitHub CI](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/actions/workflows/bld.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/actions/workflows/bld.yml)
 [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/nbv4mxd1gpxtx69o?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ethauvin/semver)
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/ethauvin/semver/tree/master.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/ethauvin/semver/tree/master)

@ -18,19 +18,22 @@ This processor was inspired by Cédric Beust's [version-processor](https://githu

 ## Table of Contents

- [Examples](#examples)
- [Template](#template)
+- [Semantic Version Annotation Processor](#semantic-version-annotation-processor)
+  - [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
+  - [Examples](#examples)
+  - [Template](#template)
    - [Default Template](#default-template)
    - [Custom Template](#custom-template)
- [Elements & Properties](#elements--properties)
- [Maven](#maven)
- [bld](#bld)
- [Gradle](#gradle)
+  - [Elements \& Properties](#elements--properties)
+  - [Maven](#maven)
+  - [bld](#bld)
+  - [Gradle](#gradle)
    - [Class Generation](#class-generation)
-  - [Class & Source Generation](#class--source-generation)
- [Kotlin](#kotlin)
-  - [Kotlin & Gradle](#kotlin--gradle)
- [Auto-Increment](#auto-increment)
+    - [Class \& Source Generation](#class--source-generation)
+  - [Kotlin](#kotlin)
+    - [Kotlin \& Gradle](#kotlin--gradle)
+  - [Auto-Increment](#auto-increment)
+  - [Contributing](#contributing)

 ## Examples

@ -134,8 +137,6 @@ The mustache variables automatically filled in by the processor are:
 | `{{separator}}`               | The version separator.      | `String` |
 | `{{semver}}` or `{{version}}` | The full semantic version.  | `String` |

-Please also look at this [example](https://github.com/ethauvin/mobibot/blob/master/version.mustache) using [`java.time`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/package-summary.html)
-
 ## Elements & Properties

 The following annotation elements and properties are available:
@ -202,12 +203,13 @@ To install and run from [Maven](https://maven.apache.org/), configure an artifac
 </dependency>
 ```

-Please look at [pom.xml](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/blob/master/examples/java/pom.xml) in the [examples/java](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/tree/master/examples/java) directory for a sample:
-
-```bash
+```console
 mvn verify
 ```

+Please look at [pom.xml](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/blob/master/examples/java/gradle/pom.xml) in the [examples/java/gradle](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/tree/master/examples/java/gradle) directory for a sample:
+
+
 ## bld

 To install and run from [bld](https://rife2.com/bld), just add the dependency to your build file:
@ -224,6 +226,8 @@ public class ExampleBuild extends Project {

 Please look at [ExampleBuild](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/blob/master/examples/java/bld/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java) in the [examples/java/bld](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/tree/master/examples/java/bld) directory for a sample. It also shows how to incorporate the generated code into the `source tree`, more information is also available [here](https://forum.uwyn.com/post/36).

+bld also has a [Generated Version](https://github.com/rife2/bld-generated-version) extension which provides similar functionalities.
+
 ## Gradle

 ### Class Generation
@ -296,7 +300,7 @@ dependencies {

 kapt {
    arguments {
-        arg("semver.project.dir", projectDir)
+        arg("semver.project.dir", projectDir.absolutePath)
    }
 }
 ```
@ -308,3 +312,22 @@ The directory containing the configuration files (`version.properties`, `version
 Incrementing the version is best left to your favorite build system. For a solution using Gradle, please have a look at the [__Semver Version Plugin for Gradle__](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver-gradle).

 There are also full [examples](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver-gradle/tree/master/examples/annotation-processor) in both [Java](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver-gradle/tree/master/examples/annotation-processor/java) and [Kotlin](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver-gradle/tree/master/examples/annotation-processor/kotlin) showing how to use both the plugin and annotation processor concurrently.
+
+## Contributing
+
+If you want to contribute to this project, all you have to do is clone the GitHub
+repository:
+
+```console
+git clone git@github.com:ethauvin/semver.git
+```
+
+Then use [bld](https://rife2.com/bld) to build:
+
+```console
+cd semver
+./bld compile
+```
+
+The project has an [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) project structure. You can just open it after all
+the dependencies were downloaded and peruse the code.
--- a/config/pmd.xml
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
    <!-- BEST PRACTICES -->
    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml">
        <exclude name="AvoidPrintStackTrace"/>
-        <exclude name="JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation"/>
-        <exclude name="JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
+        <exclude name="GuardLogStatement"/>
+        <exclude name="UnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
+        <exclude name="UnitTestShouldUseTestAnnotation"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/MissingOverride">
@ -23,17 +24,20 @@
    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml">
        <exclude name="AtLeastOneConstructor"/>
        <exclude name="ClassNamingConventions"/>
-        <exclude name="ConfusingTernary"/>
        <exclude name="CommentDefaultAccessModifier"/>
+        <exclude name="ConfusingTernary"/>
        <exclude name="FieldNamingConventions"/>
+        <exclude name="LocalVariableCouldBeFinal"/>
        <exclude name="LongVariable"/>
+        <exclude name="MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal"/>
        <exclude name="OnlyOneReturn"/>
        <exclude name="PackageCase"/>
        <exclude name="ShortClassName"/>
        <exclude name="ShortMethodName"/>
        <exclude name="ShortVariable"/>
-        <exclude name="UselessParentheses"/>
+        <exclude name="UseExplicitTypes"/>
        <exclude name="UseUnderscoresInNumericLiterals"/>
+        <exclude name="UselessParentheses"/>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/UnnecessaryImport">
@ -49,8 +53,6 @@
        <exclude name="AvoidUncheckedExceptionsInSignatures"/>
        <exclude name="CognitiveComplexity"/>
        <exclude name="CyclomaticComplexity"/>
-        <exclude name="ExcessiveClassLength"/>
-        <exclude name="ExcessiveMethodLength"/>
        <exclude name="ExcessiveParameterList"/>
        <exclude name="ExcessivePublicCount"/>
        <exclude name="GodClass"/>
@ -77,7 +79,6 @@
        <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName"/>
        <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingTypeName"/>
        <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/>
-        <exclude name="EmptyCatchBlock"/>
        <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
    </rule>

@ -93,13 +94,6 @@
            <property name="skipAnnotations" value="true"/>
        </properties>
    </rule>
-    <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/EmptyCatchBlock">
-        <properties>
-            <property name="allowExceptionNameRegex">
-                <value>^ignore$</value>
-            </property>
-        </properties>
-    </rule>

    <!-- MULTITHREADING -->
    <rule ref="category/java/multithreading.xml">
--- a/docs/README.html
+++ b/docs/README.html
@ -11,8 +11,11 @@
    div.columns{display: flex; gap: min(4vw, 1.5em);}
    div.column{flex: auto; overflow-x: auto;}
    div.hanging-indent{margin-left: 1.5em; text-indent: -1.5em;}
-    ul.task-list{list-style: none;}
+    /* The extra [class] is a hack that increases specificity enough to
+       override a similar rule in reveal.js */
+    ul.task-list[class]{list-style: none;}
    ul.task-list li input[type="checkbox"] {
+      font-size: inherit;
      width: 0.8em;
      margin: 0 0.8em 0.2em -1.6em;
      vertical-align: middle;
@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ alt="License (3-Clause BSD)" /></a> <a
 href="https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk17-archive-downloads.html"><img
 src="https://img.shields.io/badge/java-17%2B-blue" alt="Java" /></a> <a
 href="https://rife2.com/bld"><img
-src="https://img.shields.io/badge/1.7.2-FA9052?label=bld&amp;labelColor=2392FF"
+src="https://img.shields.io/badge/1.9.0-FA9052?label=bld&amp;labelColor=2392FF"
 alt="bld" /></a> <a
 href="https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/releases/latest"><img
 src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/ethauvin/semver.svg"
@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ Generation</a></li>
 <li><a href="#kotlin--gradle">Kotlin &amp; Gradle</a></li>
 </ul></li>
 <li><a href="#auto-increment">Auto-Increment</a></li>
+<li><a href="#contributing">Contributing</a></li>
 </ul>
 <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
 <ul>
@ -368,10 +372,6 @@ are:</p>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
-<p>Please also look at this <a
-href="https://github.com/ethauvin/mobibot/blob/master/version.mustache">example</a>
-using <a
-href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/package-summary.html"><code>java.time</code></a></p>
 <h2 id="elements--properties">Elements &amp; Properties</h2>
 <p>The following annotation elements and properties are available:</p>
 <table>
@ -546,6 +546,9 @@ href="https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/tree/master/examples/java/bld">examples
 directory for a sample. It also shows how to incorporate the generated
 code into the <code>source tree</code>, more information is also
 available <a href="https://forum.uwyn.com/post/36">here</a>.</p>
+<p>bld also has a <a
+href="https://github.com/rife2/bld-generated-version">Generated
+Version</a> extension which provides similar functionalities.</p>
 <h2 id="gradle">Gradle</h2>
 <h3 id="class-generation">Class Generation</h3>
 <p>To install and run from <a href="https://gradle.org/">Gradle</a>, add
@ -643,5 +646,15 @@ and <a
 href="https://github.com/ethauvin/semver-gradle/tree/master/examples/annotation-processor/kotlin">Kotlin</a>
 showing how to use both the plugin and annotation processor
 concurrently.</p>
+<h2 id="contributing">Contributing</h2>
+<p>If you want to contribute to this project, all you have to do is
+clone the GitHub repository:</p>
+<pre class="console"><code>git clone git@github.com:ethauvin/semver.git</code></pre>
+<p>Then use <a href="https://rife2.com/bld">bld</a> to build:</p>
+<pre class="console"><code>cd semver
+./bld compile</code></pre>
+<p>The project has an <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/">IntelliJ
+IDEA</a> project structure. You can just open it after all the
+dependencies were downloaded and peruse the code.</p>
 </body>
 </html>
--- a/examples/java/bld/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.gitignore
@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ lib/bld/**
 !lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
 !lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
 lib/compile/
+lib/provided/
 lib/runtime/
 lib/standalone/
 lib/test/
--- a/examples/java/bld/.idea/.name
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.idea/.name
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+semver-examples-bld
--- a/examples/java/bld/.idea/bld.xml
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.idea/bld.xml
@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="BldConfiguration">
+    <events />
+  </component>
+</project>
--- a/examples/java/bld/.idea/intellij-javadocs-4.0.1.xml
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.idea/intellij-javadocs-4.0.1.xml
@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="JavaDocConfiguration">
+    <GENERAL>
+      <MODE>UPDATE</MODE>
+      <OVERRIDDEN_METHODS>false</OVERRIDDEN_METHODS>
+      <SPLITTED_CLASS_NAME>true</SPLITTED_CLASS_NAME>
+      <LEVELS>
+        <LEVEL>METHOD</LEVEL>
+        <LEVEL>TYPE</LEVEL>
+        <LEVEL>FIELD</LEVEL>
+      </LEVELS>
+      <VISIBILITIES>
+        <VISIBILITY>PUBLIC</VISIBILITY>
+        <VISIBILITY>DEFAULT</VISIBILITY>
+        <VISIBILITY>PROTECTED</VISIBILITY>
+      </VISIBILITIES>
+    </GENERAL>
+    <TEMPLATES>
+      <CLASSES>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+interface\s+\w+.*</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The interface ${name}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;        * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+        * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+enum\s+\w+.*</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The enum ${name}.\n
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+class\s+\w+.*</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The type ${name}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;        * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+        * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+        <CLASS>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The type ${name}.\n
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CLASS>
+      </CLASSES>
+      <CONSTRUCTORS>
+        <CONSTRUCTOR>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * Instantiates a new ${name}.\n
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </CONSTRUCTOR>
+      </CONSTRUCTORS>
+      <METHODS>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*\s*.*(\w(\s*&lt;.+&gt;)*)+\s+get\w+\s*\(.*\).+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * Gets ${partName}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;         * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+         * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt;
+         *\n
+         * @return the ${partName}\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*\s*.*(void|\w(\s*&lt;.+&gt;)*)+\s+set\w+\s*\(.*\).+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * Sets ${partName}.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;         * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+         * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt;
+         *\n
+         * @return the ${partName}\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>^.*((public\s+static)|(static\s+public))\s+void\s+main\s*\(\s*String\s*(\[\s*\]|\.\.\.)\s+\w+\s*\).+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The entry point of application.\n
+
+     &lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+     * @param ${element.parameterList.parameters[0].name} the input arguments\n
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+        <METHOD>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * ${name}&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt; ${return}&lt;/#if&gt;.\n
+&lt;#if element.typeParameters?has_content&gt;         * \n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.typeParameters as typeParameter&gt;
+         * @param &lt;${typeParameter.name}&gt; the type parameter\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if element.parameterList.parameters?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.parameterList.parameters as parameter&gt;
+         * @param ${parameter.name} the ${paramNames[parameter.name]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+&lt;#if isNotVoid&gt;
+         *\n
+         * @return the ${return}\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#if element.throwsList.referenceElements?has_content&gt;
+         *\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;
+&lt;#list element.throwsList.referenceElements as exception&gt;
+         * @throws ${exception.referenceName} the ${exceptionNames[exception.referenceName]}\n
+&lt;/#list&gt;
+ */</VALUE>
+        </METHOD>
+      </METHODS>
+      <FIELDS>
+        <FIELD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.+static.*(\w\s\w)+.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+ * The constant ${element.getName()}.\n
+ */</VALUE>
+        </FIELD>
+        <FIELD>
+          <KEY>^.*(public|protected|private)*.*(\w\s\w)+.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+    &lt;#if element.parent.isInterface()&gt;
+        * The constant ${element.getName()}.\n
+&lt;#else&gt;
+        * The ${name}.\n
+&lt;/#if&gt; */</VALUE>
+        </FIELD>
+        <FIELD>
+          <KEY>.+</KEY>
+          <VALUE>/**\n
+    &lt;#if element.parent.isEnum()&gt;
+        *${name} ${typeName}.\n
+&lt;#else&gt;
+        * The ${name}.\n
+&lt;/#if&gt;*/</VALUE>
+        </FIELD>
+      </FIELDS>
+    </TEMPLATES>
+  </component>
+</project>
--- a/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
  <library name="bld">
    <CLASSES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.2.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1.jar!/" />
    </CLASSES>
    <JAVADOC />
    <SOURCES>
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.2-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1-sources.jar!/" />
    </SOURCES>
    <excluded>
      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />
--- a/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/compile.xml
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/compile.xml
@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
  <library name="compile">
    <CLASSES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
    </CLASSES>
    <JAVADOC />
    <SOURCES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
    </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/compile" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
  </library>
 </component>
--- a/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/runtime.xml
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/runtime.xml
@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <SOURCES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" />
    </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/runtime" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
  </library>
 </component>
--- a/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/test.xml
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/test.xml
@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
  <library name="test">
    <CLASSES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/test/resources" />
    </CLASSES>
    <JAVADOC />
    <SOURCES>
      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" />
+      <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" />
    </SOURCES>
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" />
-    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/test" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="true" />
+    <jarDirectory url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/provided" recursive="true" type="SOURCES" />
  </library>
 </component>
--- a/examples/java/bld/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.vscode/settings.json
@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
        "src/main/java",
        "src/main/resources",
        "src/test/java",
-        "src/bld/java"
+        "src/test/resources",
+        "src/bld/java",
+        "src/bld/resources"
    ],
    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
    "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}bld-1.7.2.jar",
-        "lib/compile/*.jar",
-        "lib/runtime/*.jar",
-        "lib/test/*.jar"
+        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-2.2.1.jar",
+        "lib/**/*.jar"
    ]
 }
--- a/examples/java/bld/README.md
+++ b/examples/java/bld/README.md
@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+## Examples
+
+To compile & run the examples:
+
+```console
+./bld compile 
+
+./bld run 
+./bld run-example
+```
--- a/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
+++ b/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
--- a/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
+bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.extensions=
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_RELEASES
-bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.7.2
+bld.version=2.2.1
--- a/examples/java/bld/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java
+++ b/examples/java/bld/src/bld/java/com/example/ExampleBuild.java
@ -2,20 +2,16 @@ package com.example;

 import rife.bld.BuildCommand;
 import rife.bld.Project;
+import rife.bld.operations.JavacOptions.Processing;

 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;

 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.*;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.compile;
+import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.provided;

 /**
 * Example build.
- *
- * <ul style="list-style-type:none">
- *     <li>./bld run</li>
- *     <li>./bld runExample</li>
- * </ul>
 */
 public class ExampleBuild extends Project {
    public ExampleBuild() {
@ -27,9 +23,9 @@ public class ExampleBuild extends Project {

        testOperation().mainClass("com.example.ExampleTest");

-        repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL);
+        repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL, SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS_LEGACY);

-        scope(compile).include(dependency("net.thauvin.erik", "semver", version(1, 2, 1)));
+        scope(provided).include(dependency("net.thauvin.erik", "semver", version(1, 2, 2, "SNAPSHOT")));
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
@ -46,11 +42,11 @@ public class ExampleBuild extends Project {
    public void compile() throws Exception {
        var generated = new File(buildDirectory(), "generated");
        var ignore = generated.mkdir();
-        compileOperation().compileOptions().addAll(List.of("-s", generated.getAbsolutePath()));
+        compileOperation().compileOptions().process(Processing.FULL).sourceOutput(generated);
        super.compile();
    }

-    @BuildCommand(summary = "Run the example")
+    @BuildCommand(value = "run-example", summary = "Runs the example")
    public void runExample() throws Exception {
        runOperation().fromProject(this).mainClass("com.example.Example").execute();
    }
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/.name
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/.name
@ -1 +1 @@
-examples-java
+semver-examples-java-gradle
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/compiler.xml
@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
-    <bytecodeTargetLevel>
+    <annotationProcessing>
+      <profile name="Gradle Imported" enabled="true">
+        <outputRelativeToContentRoot value="true" />
+        <option name="semver.project.dir" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+        <processorPath useClasspath="false">
+          <entry name="$USER_HOME$/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/net.thauvin.erik/semver/1.2.2-SNAPSHOT/31d53f3e9fdd226343234d13a080d6fd12b58ae6/semver-1.2.2-SNAPSHOT.jar" />
+          <entry name="$USER_HOME$/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/com.github.spullara.mustache.java/compiler/0.9.13/60666500a7dce7a5d3e17c09b46ea6f037192bd5/compiler-0.9.13.jar" />
+        </processorPath>
+        <module name="examples-java.main" />
+      </profile>
+    </annotationProcessing>
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="17">
      <module name="examples-java_main" target="1.8" />
      <module name="examples-java_test" target="1.8" />
    </bytecodeTargetLevel>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/gradle.iml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/gradle.iml
@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/misc.xml
@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_6" default="false" project-jdk-name="10" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
+  <component name="FrameworkDetectionExcludesConfiguration">
+    <file type="web" url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="PDMPlugin">
+    <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" default="true" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/classes" />
  </component>
 </project>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules.xml
@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 <project version="4">
  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java.iml" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java_main.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java_main.iml" group="examples-java" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java_test.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java_test.iml" group="examples-java" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/gradle.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/gradle.iml" />
    </modules>
  </component>
 </project>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules/examples-java.iml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules/examples-java.iml
@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module external.linked.project.id="examples-java" external.linked.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.root.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.system.id="GRADLE" external.system.module.group="" external.system.module.version="unspecified" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../..">
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../.gradle" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../out" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules/examples-java.main.iml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules/examples-java.main.iml
@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module version="4">
+  <component name="AdditionalModuleElements">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/generated/java">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/generated/java" isTestSource="false" generated="true" />
+    </content>
+  </component>
+</module>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules/examples-java_main.iml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules/examples-java_main.iml
@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module external.linked.project.id="examples-java:main" external.linked.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.root.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.system.id="GRADLE" external.system.module.group="" external.system.module.type="sourceSet" external.system.module.version="unspecified" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8">
-    <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../out/production/classes" />
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/generated">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/generated" isTestSource="false" />
-    </content>
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/main">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/main/java" isTestSource="false" />
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/main/resources" type="java-resource" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="Gradle: net.thauvin.erik:semver:1.0.1" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="Gradle: com.github.spullara.mustache.java:compiler:0.9.4" level="project" />
-  </component>
-</module>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules/examples-java_test.iml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/modules/examples-java_test.iml
@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module external.linked.project.id="examples-java:test" external.linked.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.root.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.system.id="GRADLE" external.system.module.group="" external.system.module.type="sourceSet" external.system.module.version="unspecified" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8">
-    <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../out/test/classes" />
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/test">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/test/java" isTestSource="true" />
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/test/resources" type="java-test-resource" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="examples-java_main" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="TestModuleProperties" production-module="examples-java_main" />
-</module>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/.idea/vcs.xml
@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/../../.." vcs="Git" />
    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/../.." vcs="Git" />
  </component>
 </project>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/README.md
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/README.md
@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## Examples
+
+To run the examples:
+
+```console
+./gradlew run 
+./gradlew runExample
+```
+
--- a/examples/java/gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/build.gradle
@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'application'
-    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.48.0'
+    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.51.0'
 }

-// ./gradlew run
-// ./gradlew runExample
-
 defaultTasks 'run'

-final def semverProcessor = 'net.thauvin.erik:semver:1.2.1'
+final def semverProcessor = 'net.thauvin.erik:semver:1.2.2-SNAPSHOT'

 repositories {
    mavenLocal()
@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ java {
 }

 application {
-    mainClassName = 'com.example.App'
+    mainClass = 'com.example.App'
 }

 tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
--- a/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
--- a/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
--- a/examples/java/gradle/gradlew
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/gradlew
@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#

 ##############################################################################
 #
@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit

 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
  NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac

-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""


 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
    case $MAX_FD in #(
      max*)
        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
    esac
@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
      '' | soft) :;; #(
      *)
        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
    esac
@ -202,16 +204,16 @@ fi
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'

-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.

 set -- \
        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
        "$@"

 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
--- a/examples/java/gradle/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/gradlew.bat
@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
@rem limitations under the License.
@rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem

@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
@rem ##########################################################################
@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute

-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2

 goto fail

@ -57,22 +59,22 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe

 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute

-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2

 goto fail

 :execute
@rem Setup the command line

-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=


@rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*

 :end
@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
--- a/examples/java/gradle/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/pom.xml
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+<project
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@ -27,10 +28,9 @@
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.14.0</version>
                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>17</release>
                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                    <generatedSourcesDirectory>src/generated/java</generatedSourcesDirectory>
                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>run</id>
--- a/examples/java/gradle/src/generated/java/com/example/ExampleVersion.java
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/src/generated/java/com/example/ExampleVersion.java
@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Date;

 public final class ExampleVersion {
    public static final String PROJECT = "Java Example";
-    public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(1696209996065L);
+    public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(1742447853077L);
    public static final String VERSION = "8.4.97-alpha+T800";

    /**
--- a/examples/java/gradle/src/generated/java/com/example/GeneratedVersion.java
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/src/generated/java/com/example/GeneratedVersion.java
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 */
 public final class GeneratedVersion {
 public static final String PROJECT = "Java App";
-public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(1696209996080L);
+public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(1742447853101L);
 public static final int MAJOR = 11;
 public static final int MINOR = 11;
 public static final int PATCH = 20;
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/.name
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/.name
@ -1 +1 @@
-examples-kotlin
+semver-examples-kotlin-gradle
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/compiler.xml
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
-    <bytecodeTargetLevel>
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="17">
      <module name="examples-kotlin_main" target="1.8" />
      <module name="examples-kotlin_test" target="1.8" />
    </bytecodeTargetLevel>
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="RemoteRepositoriesConfiguration">
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="central" />
+      <option name="name" value="Maven Central repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="jboss.community" />
+      <option name="name" value="JBoss Community repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/public/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="MavenLocal" />
+      <option name="name" value="MavenLocal" />
+      <option name="url" value="file:$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="MavenRepo" />
+      <option name="name" value="MavenRepo" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="maven" />
+      <option name="name" value="maven" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" />
+    </remote-repository>
+  </component>
+</project>
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/kotlin.iml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/kotlin.iml
@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/kotlinc.xml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/kotlinc.xml
@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
    <option name="sourceMapEmbedSources" />
    <option name="sourceMapPrefix" />
  </component>
+  <component name="KotlinJpsPluginSettings">
+    <option name="version" value="2.0.20" />
+  </component>
 </project>
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/misc.xml
@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="false" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
+  <component name="FrameworkDetectionExcludesConfiguration">
+    <file type="web" url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="PDMPlugin">
+    <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" default="true" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/classes" />
  </component>
 </project>
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/modules.xml
@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 <project version="4">
  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin.iml" group="examples-kotlin" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin_main.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin_main.iml" group="examples-kotlin" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin_test.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin_test.iml" group="examples-kotlin" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/kotlin.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/kotlin.iml" />
    </modules>
  </component>
 </project>
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin.iml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin.iml
@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module external.linked.project.id="examples-kotlin" external.linked.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.root.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.system.id="GRADLE" external.system.module.group="" external.system.module.version="unspecified" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../..">
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../.gradle" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../out" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin_main.iml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin_main.iml
@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module external.linked.project.id="examples-kotlin:main" external.linked.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.root.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.system.id="GRADLE" external.system.module.group="" external.system.module.type="sourceSet" external.system.module.version="unspecified" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="FacetManager">
-    <facet type="kotlin-language" name="Kotlin">
-      <configuration version="3" platform="JVM 1.6" useProjectSettings="false">
-        <compilerSettings />
-        <compilerArguments>
-          <option name="destination" value="$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/classes/kotlin/main" />
-          <option name="classpath" value="$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/net/thauvin/erik/semver/1.2.0/semver-1.2.0.jar;C:/Users/erik/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.jetbrains.kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.3.21/4bcc2012b84840e19e1e28074284cac908be0295/kotlin-stdlib-1.3.21.jar;C:/Users/erik/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.jetbrains.kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-common/1.3.21/f30e4a9897913e53d778f564110bafa1fef46643/kotlin-stdlib-common-1.3.21.jar;C:/Users/erik/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.jetbrains/annotations/13.0/919f0dfe192fb4e063e7dacadee7f8bb9a2672a9/annotations-13.0.jar" />
-          <option name="noStdlib" value="true" />
-          <option name="noReflect" value="true" />
-          <option name="moduleName" value="examples-kotlin" />
-          <option name="addCompilerBuiltIns" value="true" />
-          <option name="loadBuiltInsFromDependencies" value="true" />
-          <option name="languageVersion" value="1.3" />
-          <option name="apiVersion" value="1.3" />
-          <option name="pluginOptions">
-            <array />
-          </option>
-          <option name="pluginClasspaths">
-            <array />
-          </option>
-          <option name="errors">
-            <ArgumentParseErrors />
-          </option>
-        </compilerArguments>
-      </configuration>
-    </facet>
-  </component>
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8">
-    <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/classes/java/main" />
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/generated/source/kapt/main">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/generated/source/kapt/main" isTestSource="false" generated="true" />
-    </content>
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/generated/source/kaptKotlin/main">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/generated/source/kaptKotlin/main" isTestSource="false" generated="true" />
-    </content>
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/main">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/main/java" isTestSource="false" />
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/main/kotlin" isTestSource="false" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-    <orderEntry type="module-library">
-      <library name="Gradle: kaptGeneratedClasses">
-        <CLASSES>
-          <root url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/tmp/kapt3/classes/main" />
-        </CLASSES>
-        <JAVADOC />
-        <SOURCES />
-      </library>
-    </orderEntry>
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Gradle: org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.3.21" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="Gradle: net.thauvin.erik:semver:1.2.0" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Gradle: org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:1.3.21" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Gradle: org.jetbrains:annotations:13.0" level="project" />
-  </component>
-</module>
--- a/examples/kotlin/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin_test.iml
+++ b/examples/kotlin/.idea/modules/examples-kotlin_test.iml
@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module external.linked.project.id="examples-kotlin:test" external.linked.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.root.project.path="$MODULE_DIR$/../.." external.system.id="GRADLE" external.system.module.group="" external.system.module.type="sourceSet" external.system.module.version="unspecified" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="FacetManager">
-    <facet type="kotlin-language" name="Kotlin">
-      <configuration version="3" platform="JVM 1.6" useProjectSettings="false">
-        <compilerSettings />
-        <compilerArguments>
-          <option name="destination" value="$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/classes/kotlin/test" />
-          <option name="classpath" value="$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/classes/java/main;K:/java/semver/examples/kotlin/build/classes/kotlin/main;K:/java/semver/examples/kotlin/build/tmp/kapt3/classes/main;C:/Users/erik/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.jetbrains.kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.3.21/4bcc2012b84840e19e1e28074284cac908be0295/kotlin-stdlib-1.3.21.jar;C:/Users/erik/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.jetbrains.kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-common/1.3.21/f30e4a9897913e53d778f564110bafa1fef46643/kotlin-stdlib-common-1.3.21.jar;C:/Users/erik/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.jetbrains/annotations/13.0/919f0dfe192fb4e063e7dacadee7f8bb9a2672a9/annotations-13.0.jar" />
-          <option name="noStdlib" value="true" />
-          <option name="noReflect" value="true" />
-          <option name="moduleName" value="examples-kotlin" />
-          <option name="addCompilerBuiltIns" value="true" />
-          <option name="loadBuiltInsFromDependencies" value="true" />
-          <option name="friendPaths">
-            <array>
-              <option value="$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/tmp/kapt3/classes/main" />
-              <option value="$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/classes/java/main" />
-              <option value="$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/classes/kotlin/main" />
-            </array>
-          </option>
-          <option name="languageVersion" value="1.3" />
-          <option name="apiVersion" value="1.3" />
-          <option name="pluginOptions">
-            <array />
-          </option>
-          <option name="pluginClasspaths">
-            <array />
-          </option>
-          <option name="errors">
-            <ArgumentParseErrors />
-          </option>
-        </compilerArguments>
-      </configuration>
-    </facet>
-  </component>
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8">
-    <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/classes/java/test" />
-    <exclude-output />
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/generated/source/kapt/test">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/generated/source/kapt/test" isTestSource="true" generated="true" />
-    </content>
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/generated/source/kaptKotlin/test">
-      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/generated/source/kaptKotlin/test" isTestSource="true" generated="true" />
-    </content>
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../src/test" />
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="examples-kotlin_main" />
-    <orderEntry type="module-library">
-      <library name="Gradle: kaptGeneratedClasses">
-        <CLASSES>
-          <root url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/../../build/tmp/kapt3/classes/test" />
-        </CLASSES>
-        <JAVADOC />
-        <SOURCES />
-      </library>
-    </orderEntry>
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Gradle: org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.3.21" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Gradle: org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:1.3.21" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Gradle: org.jetbrains:annotations:13.0" level="project" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="TestModuleProperties" production-module="examples-kotlin_main" />
-</module>
--- a/examples/kotlin/README.md
+++ b/examples/kotlin/README.md
@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+## Examples
+
+To run the examples:
+
+```console
+./gradlew run
+./gradlew runJava
+./gradlew runExample
+./gradlew runJavaExample
+```
+
--- a/examples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
+
 plugins {
    id("application")
-    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.48.0"
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.10"
-    kotlin("kapt") version "1.9.10"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.51.0"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.1.20"
+    kotlin("kapt") version "1.9.25"
 }

-// ./gradlew
-// ./gradlew run
-// ./gradlew runJava
-// ./gradlew runExample
-// ./gradlew runJavaExample
-
 defaultTasks(ApplicationPlugin.TASK_RUN_NAME)

-val semverProcessor = "net.thauvin.erik:semver:1.2.1"
+val semverProcessor = "net.thauvin.erik:semver:1.2.2-SNAPSHOT"

 dependencies {
    kapt(semverProcessor)
@ -24,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {

 kapt {
    arguments {
-        arg("semver.project.dir", projectDir)
+        arg("semver.project.dir", projectDir.absolutePath)
    }
 }

@ -34,6 +30,17 @@ repositories {
    maven { url = uri("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots") }
 }

+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+}
+
+kotlin {
+    compilerOptions {
+        jvmTarget.set(JvmTarget.JVM_17)
+    }
+}
+
 application {
    mainClass.set("com.example.App")
 }
--- a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+++ b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
--- a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
--- a/examples/kotlin/gradlew
+++ b/examples/kotlin/gradlew
@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#

 ##############################################################################
 #
@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit

 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
  NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac

-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""


 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
    case $MAX_FD in #(
      max*)
        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
    esac
@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
      '' | soft) :;; #(
      *)
        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
    esac
@ -202,16 +204,16 @@ fi
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'

-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.

 set -- \
        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
        "$@"

 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
--- a/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat
@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
@rem limitations under the License.
@rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem

@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
@rem ##########################################################################
@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute

-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2

 goto fail

@ -57,22 +59,22 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe

 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute

-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2

 goto fail

 :execute
@rem Setup the command line

-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=


@rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*

 :end
@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
--- a/examples/test/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/test/build.gradle
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'application'
-    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.46.0'
+    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.51.0'
 }

 // ./gradlew run
@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ plugins {

 defaultTasks 'run'

-final def semverProcessor = 'net.thauvin.erik:semver:1.2.0'
+final def semverProcessor = 'net.thauvin.erik:semver:1.2.2-SNAPSHOT'

 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 targetCompatibility = 1.8

-mainClassName = 'com.example.Example'
+application {
+    mainClass = 'com.example.Example'
+}

 repositories {
    mavenLocal()
--- a/examples/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
--- a/examples/test/gradlew
+++ b/examples/test/gradlew
@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit

 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
    case $MAX_FD in #(
      max*)
        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
    esac
@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
      '' | soft) :;; #(
      *)
        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
    esac
@ -201,11 +202,11 @@ fi
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'

-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.

 set -- \
        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
--- a/examples/test/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/test/gradlew.bat
@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute

-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2

 goto fail

@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe

 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute

-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2

 goto fail

--- a/examples/test/src/generated/java/com/example/ExampleVersion.java
+++ b/examples/test/src/generated/java/com/example/ExampleVersion.java
@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Date;

 public final class ExampleVersion {
    public static final String PROJECT = "Java Example";
-    public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(1619673811155L);
+    public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(1707046879260L);
    public static final String VERSION = "8.4.97-alpha+T800";

    /**
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
-bld.extension-exec=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-exec:0.9.0-SNAPSHOT
-bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.1-SNAPSHOT
-bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:0.9.3-SNAPSHOT
-bld.repositories=MAVEN_LOCAL,MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
+bld.extension-exec=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-exec:1.0.5
+bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.10
+bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:1.2.3
+bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_RELEASES,MAVEN_LOCAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.7.3-SNAPSHOT
+bld.version=2.2.1
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@ -4,21 +4,21 @@
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
  <artifactId>semver</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.1</version>
+  <version>1.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>SemVer</name>
  <description>Semantic Version Annotation Processor</description>
  <url>https://github.com/ethauvin/semver</url>
  <licenses>
    <license>
      <name>The BSD 3-Clause License</name>
-      <url>http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause</url>
+      <url>https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause</url>
    </license>
  </licenses>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.github.spullara.mustache.java</groupId>
      <artifactId>compiler</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.10</version>
+      <version>0.9.14</version>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
--- a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/SemverBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/SemverBuild.java
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * SemverBuild.java
 *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ import rife.bld.extension.PmdOperation;
 import rife.bld.publish.*;
 import rife.tools.exceptions.FileUtilsErrorException;

-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;

 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.*;
@ -50,10 +49,15 @@ import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.test;
 import static rife.bld.operations.JavadocOptions.DocLinkOption.NO_MISSING;

 public class SemverBuild extends Project {
+    final PmdOperation pmdOp = new PmdOperation()
+            .fromProject(this)
+            .failOnViolation(true)
+            .ruleSets("config/pmd.xml");
+
    public SemverBuild() {
        pkg = "net.thauvin.erik";
        name = "SemVer";
-        version = version(1, 2, 1);
+        version = version(1, 2, 2, "SNAPSHOT");

        var description = "Semantic Version Annotation Processor";
        var url = "https://github.com/ethauvin/semver";
@ -61,26 +65,27 @@ public class SemverBuild extends Project {
        javaRelease = 17;

        downloadSources = true;
+        autoDownloadPurge = true;
+
        repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS);

        scope(compile)
-                .include(dependency("com.github.spullara.mustache.java", "compiler",
-                        version(0, 9, 10)));
+                .include(dependency("com.github.spullara.mustache.java", "compiler", version(0, 9, 14)));
        scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 0)))
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 0)));
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 12, 2)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 12, 2)));


        javadocOperation().javadocOptions()
-                .tag("created.on", "a", "Created on:")
                .windowTitle(name + ' ' + version.toString() + " API")
                .docLint(NO_MISSING);

        publishOperation()
                .repository(version.isSnapshot() ? repository(SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS_LEGACY.location())
                        .withCredentials(property("sonatype.user"), property("sonatype.password"))
-                        : repository("https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/")
+                        : repository(SONATYPE_RELEASES_LEGACY.location())
                        .withCredentials(property("sonatype.user"), property("sonatype.password")))
+                .repository(repository("github"))
                .info(new PublishInfo()
                        .groupId(pkg)
                        .artifactId(name.toLowerCase())
@ -92,14 +97,17 @@ public class SemverBuild extends Project {
                                .id("ethauvin")
                                .name("Erik C. Thauvin")
                                .email("erik@thauvin.net")
-                                .url("https://erik.thauvin.net/"))
+                                .url("https://erik.thauvin.net/")
+                        )
                        .license(new PublishLicense()
                                .name("The BSD 3-Clause License")
-                                .url("http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause"))
+                                .url("https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause")
+                        )
                        .scm(new PublishScm()
                                .connection("scm:git:" + url + ".git")
                                .developerConnection("scm:git:git@github.com:ethauvin/" + name.toLowerCase() + ".git")
-                                .url(url))
+                                .url(url)
+                        )
                        .signKey(property("sign.key"))
                        .signPassphrase(property("sign.passphrase")));
    }
@ -109,7 +117,7 @@ public class SemverBuild extends Project {
    }

    @BuildCommand(summary = "Generates JaCoCo Reports")
-    public void jacoco() throws IOException {
+    public void jacoco() throws Exception {
        new JacocoReportOperation().fromProject(this).execute();
    }

@ -130,29 +138,30 @@ public class SemverBuild extends Project {
    }

    @BuildCommand(summary = "Runs PMD analysis")
-    public void pmd() {
-        new PmdOperation()
-                .fromProject(this)
-                .failOnViolation(true)
-                .ruleSets("config/pmd.xml")
-                .execute();
+    public void pmd() throws Exception {
+        pmdOp.execute();
+    }
+
+    @BuildCommand(value = "pmd-cli", summary = "Runs PMD analysis (CLI)")
+    public void pmdCli() throws Exception {
+        pmdOp.includeLineNumber(false).execute();
+    }
+
+    @BuildCommand(value = "pom-root", summary = "Generates the POM file in the root directory")
+    public void pomRoot() throws FileUtilsErrorException {
+        PomBuilder.generateInto(publishOperation().fromProject(this).info(), dependencies(),
+                new File(workDirectory, "pom.xml"));
    }

    @Override
    public void publish() throws Exception {
        super.publish();
-        rootPom();
+        pomRoot();
    }

    @Override
    public void publishLocal() throws Exception {
        super.publishLocal();
-        rootPom();
-    }
-
-    @BuildCommand(value = "pom-root", summary = "Generates the POM file in the root directory")
-    public void rootPom() throws FileUtilsErrorException {
-        PomBuilder.generateInto(publishOperation().info(), dependencies(),
-                Path.of(workDirectory.getPath(), "pom.xml").toFile());
+        pomRoot();
    }
 }
--- a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/Constants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/Constants.java
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * Constants.java
 *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ package net.thauvin.erik.semver;
 * The <code>Constants</code> class holds the constant variables used throughout this project.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:erik@thauvin.net" target="_blank">Erik C. Thauvin</a>
- * @created.on 2016-01-13
+ * @created 2016-01-13
 * @since 1.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("PMD.DataClass")
--- a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/Version.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/Version.java
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * Version.java
 *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 * The <code>Version</code> class implements the annotation interface.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:erik@thauvin.net" target="_blank">Erik C. Thauvin</a>
- * @created.on 2016-01-13
+ * @created 2016-01-13
 * @since 1.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("SameReturnValue")
--- a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionInfo.java
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * VersionInfo.java
 *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ package net.thauvin.erik.semver;
 * The <code>VersionInfo</code> class is used to hold and retrieve the semantic version values.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:erik@thauvin.net" target="_blank">Erik C. Thauvin</a>
- * @created.on 2016-01-16
+ * @created 2016-01-16
 * @since 1.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("PMD.DataClass")
--- a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionProcessor.java
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * VersionProcessor.java
 *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 * The <code>VersionProcessor</code> class implements a semantic version annotation processor.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:erik@thauvin.net" target="_blank">Erik C. Thauvin</a>
- * @created.on 2016-01-13
+ * @created 2016-01-13
 * @since 1.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings({"PMD.GuardLogStatement", "PMD.BeanMembersShouldSerialize"})
@ -78,9 +78,20 @@ public class VersionProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
        return template;
    }

-    private Mustache compileTemplate(final File dir, final String template) {
-        final var mf = new DefaultMustacheFactory(dir);
-        return mf.compile(template);
+    private Mustache compileTemplate(final File dir, final String template) throws IOException {
+        if (Constants.DEFAULT_JAVA_TEMPLATE.equals(template) || Constants.DEFAULT_KOTLIN_TEMPLATE.equals(template)) {
+            try (var in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/" + template)) {
+                if (in != null) {
+                    try (var reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in))) {
+                        return new DefaultMustacheFactory().compile(reader, template);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    throw new IOException("Resource not found: " + template);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            return new DefaultMustacheFactory(dir).compile(template);
+        }
    }

    private void error(final String s) {
@ -237,7 +248,7 @@ public class VersionProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
    private void writeTemplate(final String type, final VersionInfo versionInfo, final String template)
            throws IOException {
        final var dir = getLocalFile("");
-        final var mustache = compileTemplate(dir, template);
+        final Mustache mustache = compileTemplate(dir, template);

        final var templateName = switch (mustache.getName()) {
            case Constants.DEFAULT_JAVA_TEMPLATE -> "default (Java)";
--- a/src/main/resources/semver-kt.mustache
+++ b/src/main/resources/semver-kt.mustache
@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 /*
-* This file is automatically generated.
-* Do not modify! -- ALL CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
-*/
+ * This file is automatically generated.
+ * Do not modify! -- ALL CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
+ */

 package {{packageName}}

 import java.util.Date

 /**
-* Provides semantic version information.
-*
-* @author <a href="https://github.com/ethauvin/semver">Semantic Version Annotation Processor</a>
-*/
+ * Provides semantic version information.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="https://github.com/ethauvin/semver">Semantic Version Annotation Processor</a>
+ */
 object {{className}} {
-@JvmField
-val PROJECT = "{{project}}"
-@JvmField
-val BUILDDATE = Date({{epoch}}L)
-@JvmField
-val MAJOR = {{major}}
-@JvmField
-val MINOR = {{minor}}
-@JvmField
-val PATCH = {{patch}}
-@JvmField
-val PRERELEASE = "{{preRelease}}"
-@JvmField
-val PRERELEASE_PREFIX = "{{preReleasePrefix}}"
-@JvmField
-val BUILDMETA = "{{buildMeta}}"
-@JvmField
-val BUILDMEATA_PREFIX = "{{buildMetaPrefix}}"
-@JvmField
-val SEPARATOR = "{{separator}}"
-@JvmField
-val VERSION = "{{version}}"
+    @JvmField
+    val PROJECT = "{{project}}"
+    @JvmField
+    val BUILDDATE = Date({{epoch}}L)
+    @JvmField
+    val MAJOR = {{major}}
+    @JvmField
+    val MINOR = {{minor}}
+    @JvmField
+    val PATCH = {{patch}}
+    @JvmField
+    val PRERELEASE = "{{preRelease}}"
+    @JvmField
+    val PRERELEASE_PREFIX = "{{preReleasePrefix}}"
+    @JvmField
+    val BUILDMETA = "{{buildMeta}}"
+    @JvmField
+    val BUILDMEATA_PREFIX = "{{buildMetaPrefix}}"
+    @JvmField
+    val SEPARATOR = "{{separator}}"
+    @JvmField
+    val VERSION = "{{version}}"
 }
--- a/src/main/resources/semver.mustache
+++ b/src/main/resources/semver.mustache
@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 /*
-* This file is automatically generated.
-* Do not modify! -- ALL CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
-*/
+ * This file is automatically generated.
+ * Do not modify! -- ALL CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
+ */

 package {{packageName}};

 import java.util.Date;

 /**
-* Provides semantic version information.
-*
-* @author <a href="https://github.com/ethauvin/semver">Semantic Version Annotation Processor</a>
-*/
+ * Provides semantic version information.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="https://github.com/ethauvin/semver">Semantic Version Annotation Processor</a>
+ */
 public final class {{className}} {
-public static final String PROJECT = "{{project}}";
-public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date({{epoch}}L);
-public static final int MAJOR = {{major}};
-public static final int MINOR = {{minor}};
-public static final int PATCH = {{patch}};
-public static final String PRERELEASE = "{{preRelease}}";
-public static final String PRERELEASE_PREFIX = "{{preReleasePrefix}}";
-public static final String BUILDMETA = "{{buildMeta}}";
-public static final String BUILDMETA_PREFIX = "{{buildMetaPrefix}}";
-public static final String SEPARATOR = "{{separator}}";
-public static final String VERSION = "{{version}}";
+    public static final String PROJECT = "{{project}}";
+    public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date({{epoch}}L);
+    public static final int MAJOR = {{major}};
+    public static final int MINOR = {{minor}};
+    public static final int PATCH = {{patch}};
+    public static final String PRERELEASE = "{{preRelease}}";
+    public static final String PRERELEASE_PREFIX = "{{preReleasePrefix}}";
+    public static final String BUILDMETA = "{{buildMeta}}";
+    public static final String BUILDMETA_PREFIX = "{{buildMetaPrefix}}";
+    public static final String SEPARATOR = "{{separator}}";
+    public static final String VERSION = "{{version}}";

-/**
-* Disables the default constructor.
-*/
-private {{className}}() {
-throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Illegal constructor call.");
-}
+    /**
+     * Disables the default constructor.
+     */
+    private {{className}}() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Illegal constructor call.");
+    }
 }
--- a/src/test/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/ConstantsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/ConstantsTest.java
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * ConstantsTest.java
 *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 * The <code>ConstantsTest</code> class.
 *
 * @author <a href="https://erik.thauvin.net/" target="_blank">Erik C. Thauvin</a>
- * @created.on 2019-04-14
+ * @created 2019-04-14
 * @since 1.0
 */
 class ConstantsTest {
--- a/src/test/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionInfoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionInfoTest.java
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * VersionInfoTest.java
 *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 * The <code>VersionInfoTest</code> class.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:erik@thauvin.net">Erik C. Thauvin</a>
- * @created.on 2016-02-03
+ * @created 2016-02-03
 * @since 1.0
 */
 class VersionInfoTest {
--- a/src/test/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionProcessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionProcessorTest.java
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * VersionProcessorTest.java
 *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -48,13 +48,37 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 * The <code>VersionProcessorTest</code> class.
 *
 * @author <a href="https://erik.thauvin.net/" target="_blank">Erik C. Thauvin</a>
- * @created.on 2019-04-02
+ * @created 2019-04-02
 * @since 1.2.0
 */
 class VersionProcessorTest {
    private final VersionProcessor processor = new VersionProcessor();
    private final VersionTest version = new VersionTest();

+    /**
+     * Compares two strings by removing all line separators and whitespace.
+     *
+     * @param text1 The first text to compare
+     * @param text2 The second text to compare
+     * @return true if the texts are equivalent when line separators are ignored, false otherwise
+     */
+    static boolean compareTextIgnoringLineSeparators(String text1, String text2) {
+        // Handle null cases
+        if (text1 == null && text2 == null) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (text1 == null || text2 == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Remove all line separators and whitespace
+        var cleanedText1 = text1.replaceAll("\\r?\\n|\\r|\\s", "");
+        var cleanedText2 = text2.replaceAll("\\r?\\n|\\r|\\s", "");
+
+        // Compare the cleaned strings
+        return cleanedText1.equals(cleanedText2);
+    }
+
    @SuppressWarnings("PMD.AvoidAccessibilityAlteration")
    @Test
    void testCompileTemplate()
@ -69,45 +93,40 @@ class VersionProcessorTest {

        try (var writer = new StringWriter()) {
            mustache.execute(writer, version).flush();
-            assertEquals(String.format("""
-                                    /*
-                                    * This file is automatically generated.
-                                    * Do not modify! -- ALL CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
-                                    */
-                                                        
-                                    package %s;
-                                                        
-                                    import java.util.Date;
-                                                        
-                                    /**
-                                    * Provides semantic version information.
-                                    *
-                                    * @author <a href="https://github.com/ethauvin/semver">Semantic Version Annotation Processor</a>
-                                    */
-                                    public final class MyTest {
-                                    public static final String PROJECT = "%s";
-                                    public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(L);
-                                    public static final int MAJOR = %d;
-                                    public static final int MINOR = %d;
-                                    public static final int PATCH = %d;
-                                    public static final String PRERELEASE = "%s";
-                                    public static final String PRERELEASE_PREFIX = "%s";
-                                    public static final String BUILDMETA = "%s";
-                                    public static final String BUILDMETA_PREFIX = "%s";
-                                    public static final String SEPARATOR = "%s";
-                                    public static final String VERSION = "";
-                                                        
-                                    /**
-                                    * Disables the default constructor.
-                                    */
-                                    private MyTest() {
-                                    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Illegal constructor call.");
-                                    }
-                                    }
-                                    """, version.packageName(), version.project(), version.major(), version.minor(), version.patch(),
-                            version.preRelease(), version.preReleasePrefix(), version.buildMeta(),
-                            version.buildMetaPrefix(), version.separator()),
-                    writer.toString());
+            assertTrue(compareTextIgnoringLineSeparators(
+                    String.format("/*" +
+                                  " * This file is automatically generated." +
+                                  " * Do not modify! -- ALL CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!" +
+                                  " */" +
+                                  "package %s;" +
+                                  "import java.util.Date;" +
+                                  "/**" +
+                                  " * Provides semantic version information." +
+                                  " *" +
+                                  " * @author <a href=\"https://github.com/ethauvin/semver\">Semantic Version Annotation Processor</a>" +
+                                  " */" +
+                                  "public final class %s {" +
+                                  "    public static final String PROJECT = \"%s\";" +
+                                  "    public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(L);" +
+                                  "    public static final int MAJOR = %d;" +
+                                  "    public static final int MINOR = %d;" +
+                                  "    public static final int PATCH = %d;" +
+                                  "    public static final String PRERELEASE = \"%s\";" +
+                                  "    public static final String PRERELEASE_PREFIX = \"%s\";" +
+                                  "    public static final String BUILDMETA = \"%s\";" +
+                                  "    public static final String BUILDMETA_PREFIX = \"%s\";" +
+                                  "    public static final String SEPARATOR = \"%s\";" +
+                                  "    public static final String VERSION = \"\";" +
+                                  "    /**" +
+                                  "     * Disables the default constructor." +
+                                  "     */" +
+                                  "    private %s() {" +
+                                  "        throw new UnsupportedOperationException(\"Illegal constructor call.\");" +
+                                  "    }" +
+                                  "}", version.packageName(), version.className(), version.project(), version.major(),
+                            version.minor(), version.patch(), version.preRelease(), version.preReleasePrefix(),
+                            version.buildMeta(), version.buildMetaPrefix(), version.separator(), version.className()),
+                    writer.toString()));
        }
    }

--- a/src/test/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/VersionTest.java
@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 * VersionTest.java
 *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Erik C. Thauvin (erik@thauvin.net)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 * The <code>VersionTest</code> class.
 *
 * @author <a href="https://erik.thauvin.net/" target="_blank">Erik C. Thauvin</a>
- * @created.on 2019-04-02
+ * @created 2019-04-02
 * @since 1.2.0
 */
-@SuppressWarnings({"ClassExplicitlyAnnotation", "SameReturnValue", "java:S2187", "PMD.TestClassWithoutTestCases"})
+@SuppressWarnings({"ClassExplicitlyAnnotation", "PMD.TestClassWithoutTestCases"})
 class VersionTest implements Version {
    String template = "myversion.mustache";
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Erik C. Thauvin	78a35dea31	Set JVM compatibility to version 17	2025-04-25 11:43:00 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	03c749de68	Set Java language version to 17	2025-04-25 11:33:04 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	5fa475a726	fixup! Bump Gradle to version 8.14	2025-04-25 11:12:51 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	a2f08edcbe	Bump PMD extension to version 1.2.3	2025-04-25 09:30:17 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	7028182522	Bump Gradle to version 8.14	2025-04-25 09:29:45 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	5c2373ff8b	Update extensions Bump Exec to version 1.0.5 Bump JaCoCo Report to version 0.9.10 Bump PMD to version 1.2.2	2025-04-13 13:41:13 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	2a7cacc945	Bump JUnit to version 5.12.2	2025-04-13 13:40:13 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	2770d4a75e	Fix GitHub CI badge	2025-03-26 15:16:47 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	8ecb70758b	Add method to compare text ignoring line separators and whitespaces	2025-03-26 15:11:27 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	90e584c0f1	Fix run-example commands	2025-03-26 14:40:01 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	c904f4a7a2	Fix snapshot repository	2025-03-26 14:36:24 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	a82c416af5	Fixed repositories import	2025-03-26 13:45:30 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	4596e71a55	Add snapshot repository	2025-03-26 13:42:26 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	ed7a6ff9da	Add OS matrix for Ubuntu, Windows and macOS	2025-03-26 13:37:14 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	fc785581ba	Bump Kotlin to version 2.1.20	2025-03-26 13:36:55 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	8274798be5	Remove unused warnings	2025-03-19 22:16:41 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	3a767ddcb2	Fix templates indentation	2025-03-19 21:54:15 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	4961829fcd	Minor cleanups	2025-03-19 02:19:38 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	da20cf6fa1	Set release to version 17 Update plugins to current versions	2025-03-19 02:13:00 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	14d38fa0da	Fix Maven POM location and URL	2025-03-19 01:45:05 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	0857cb00a6	Update Unit test rules syntax	2025-03-19 01:30:31 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	1694e6f665	Update compile options to new syntax	2025-03-19 01:29:56 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	028e173274	JDK 24	2025-03-19 01:28:03 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	f8d708ffc8	Bump JUnit to version 5.12.1	2025-03-19 01:27:31 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	c9d9e4695c	Bump Kotlin to version 2.1.10	2025-03-19 01:26:45 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	b235ad4240	Updated extensions Bump Exec to version 1.0.3 Bump Jacoco Report to version 0.9.9 Bump PMD to version 1.1.6	2025-03-19 01:25:59 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	5b5bd56077	Bump Gradle to version 8.13	2025-03-19 01:25:49 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	050fd5d3a6	Bump bld to version 2.2.1	2025-03-19 01:22:40 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	e6316c70a2	Added javac option to explicitly request annotation processing, as required by Java 23	2024-10-01 15:16:16 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	7f2141044f	Updated dependencies Bumped JUnit to version 5.11.1 Bumped Kapt to version 1.9.24 Bumped PMD extension to version 1.1.6 Bumped Gradle to version 8.10.2	2024-10-01 15:10:51 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	8ee5ac7867	Minor cleanups	2024-09-21 13:22:11 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	9d67f126b0	Fixed CircleCI OpenJDK images aliases	2024-09-09 11:57:38 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	3b18ff1612	Updated dependencies Bumped Gradle to version 8.10.1 Bumped Kotlin to version 2.0.20 Bumped bld to version 2.1.0	2024-09-09 11:49:35 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	94254cd590	Bumped Kotlin to version 1.9.24	2024-05-09 23:08:06 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	6f738cee9e	Bumped Mustache Compiler to version 0.9.13	2024-05-03 19:18:05 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	bf75fb0faa	Bumped bld to version 1.9.1	2024-05-03 19:17:41 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	c918b9ffa1	Changes CircleCI pipeline to use Java 17 and 21 (LTS)	2024-04-29 19:06:20 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	0c10b9aeba	Updated examples to use SNAPSHOT	2024-04-29 19:06:20 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	47ffb6e12b	Load template resources from JAR manually. Close #8	2024-04-29 19:05:57 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	d11420dae3	Bumped Mustache Compiler to version 0.9.12	2024-04-29 18:26:09 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	6e4307cb61	Updated copyright	2024-04-29 15:09:44 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	02ee7eaf8b	Bumped Gradle to version 8.7	2024-04-29 15:08:49 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	01f543ba8d	Bumped Kotlin to version 1.9.23	2024-04-29 14:32:04 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	1b153851fc	Bumped JaCoCo extension to version 0.9.5	2024-04-29 14:16:26 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	b84ab29602	Bumped Exec extension to version 1.0.0	2024-04-29 14:12:09 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	f71bc5c8ba	Bumped PMD extension version to 0.9.9	2024-04-29 10:43:21 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	81d415fb8a	Bumped worflow actiosn to the latest versions.	2024-04-29 10:41:29 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	d62f8b591c	Bumped bld to 1.9.0	2024-02-26 17:48:47 -08:00
Erik C. Thauvin	86c0dff26e	Added contributing section	2024-01-31 17:26:30 -08:00
Erik C. Thauvin	119818193d	Bumped bld to 1.8.0	2024-01-31 15:43:42 -08:00
Erik C. Thauvin	fd5746f007	Updated dependencies	2023-11-10 23:26:41 -08:00
Erik C. Thauvin	1f9664cb7f	Remove link to java.time example.	2023-11-10 23:24:10 -08:00
Erik C. Thauvin	4a6fa98d46	Updated dependencies	2023-10-20 16:32:36 -07:00
Erik C. Thauvin	65d2eb0c7c	Added Generated Version bld extension reference	2023-10-02 14:11:42 -07:00