Add experimental support for Java 17 class files

[marchof]

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[marchof]

Sounds a bit early but this way we can continue testing against the latest JDK version in openjdk/jdk repo.

[garydgregory]

Hi, When can we expect 0.8.7? FWIW, over at Apache Commons, we are using Java 17-EA in our GitHub builds to try to catch problems early. TY.

[marchof]

Please see out FAQ

When will feature X be released?

JaCoCo is maintained by volunteers in their free time. Since we cannot guarantee free capacity, we do not commit to
particular release dates. Typically, you can expect a couple of releases every year.

In the change log, you can see all features that have been implemented in master branch and will be available with the next
release. And in the meantime you can test latest build of master branch (Maven SNAPSHOT) and provide feedback to us.

We actually do test against all JDKs from 5 to 17.

[garydgregory]

Please see out FAQ

When will feature X be released?
JaCoCo is maintained by volunteers in their free time. Since we cannot guarantee free capacity, we do not commit to
particular release dates. Typically, you can expect a couple of releases every year.
In the change log, you can see all features that have been implemented in master branch and will be available with the next
release. And in the meantime you can test latest build of master branch (Maven SNAPSHOT) and provide feedback to us.

We actually do test against all JDKs from 5 to 17.

Yep, I have a stock "we are all volunteers" response I also give folks over at Apache Commons and Apache Log4j ;-)

Still, it would be nice to vaguely know when we can expect to get a release to run on Java 16/17 EAs.

[marchof]

@garydgregory Sorry, no offense :)

In any case there will be a official JaCoCo release with Java 17 support before Java 17 is released -- which is scheduled for 2021/09. But I assume we will have a release earlier as soon as ASM has official support for Java 16.