Spring Boot 2.6.3 → 3.2.5 full upgrade (Java 17, Jakarta EE, joda-time removal)

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Summary

Full Spring Boot upgrade from 2.6.3 → 3.2.5 with Java 11 → 17, executed via parallel child sessions (API, Infrastructure, GraphQL layers) then consolidated with the remaining Core+Application layer migration.

Key changes:

Area	Before	After
Spring Boot	2.6.3	3.2.5
Java	11	17
Gradle	7.4	8.7
DGS (GraphQL)	4.9.21	8.7.1
MyBatis Starter	2.2.2	3.0.4
jjwt	0.11.2	0.12.6
sqlite-jdbc	3.36.0.3	3.47.1.0
joda-time	2.10.13	removed (→ java.time.Instant)

Namespace migrations:

• javax.servlet.* → jakarta.servlet.*
• javax.validation.* → jakarta.validation.*
• WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter → SecurityFilterChain bean with lambda DSL
• antMatchers → requestMatchers
• joda-time DateTime → java.time.Instant across domain, application, infrastructure, GraphQL, and test layers

Infrastructure specifics:

• DateTimeHandler (MyBatis TypeHandler): new DateTime(millis) → Timestamp.from(instant) / timestamp.toInstant()
• JacksonCustomizations: custom DateTime serializer → Instant serializer using DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME
• DateTimeCursor: millis-based cursor preserved via Instant.toEpochMilli() / Instant.ofEpochMilli()
• DGS DataFetcherExceptionHandler: onException → handleException with CompletableFuture

Verification: 68 tests pass, spotlessCheck clean. JaCoCo coverage (0.33 < 0.80 threshold) is pre-existing and excluded via -x jacocoTestCoverageVerification."

Link to Devin session: https://partner-workshops.devinenterprise.com/sessions/3dae905a512b4db7adbe1e4a295b6407
Requested by: @bsmitches

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🚩 Instant serialization format differs subtly from Joda DateTime

The old Joda ISODateTimeFormat.dateTime().withZoneUTC() always produced exactly 3 fractional digits (e.g. 2023-01-15T12:30:00.000Z). The new DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME produces a variable number of fractional digits: 0 if sub-second is zero (2023-01-15T12:30:00Z), up to 9 for nanosecond precision. This affects both the REST API (via JacksonCustomizations.InstantSerializer) and GraphQL responses (via inline formatting in ArticleDatafetcher and CommentDatafetcher). While the output is still valid ISO 8601, external API consumers that parse with a strict format expecting exactly 3 fractional digits could be affected. In practice this is unlikely to cause issues since most parsers handle variable fractional digits.

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Good observation. The format difference is: Joda always emits .000 (3 fractional digits) while ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME omits trailing zeros (e.g., T12:30:00Z instead of T12:30:00.000Z).

Since this is an internal API (RealWorld spec only requires ISO 8601 compliance, not a fixed fractional digit count), and all 68 tests pass with the new format, I'm leaving this as-is. If strict 3-digit millisecond formatting is needed for backward compatibility with external consumers, we could switch to a custom pattern: DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"). Happy to make that change if needed.