CCD-7127: Update Gradle to v9

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JIRA link

https://tools.hmcts.net/jira/browse/CCD-7127

Change description

This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Update	Change
gradle (source)	major	8.14.4 → 9.4.0

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Release Notes

gradle/gradle (gradle)

v9.4.0

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v9.3.1: 9.3.1

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This is a patch release for 9.3.0. We recommend using 9.3.1 instead of 9.3.0.

The following issues were resolved:

• Cannot find testcases from Android Screenshot Test plugin since Gradle 9.3.0
• Excluding dependencies from included builds doesn't work in Gradle 9.3.0
• ExternalDependency and DependencyConstraint cannot be passed to DependencyResolveDetails#useTarget
• Gradle 9.3.0 generate JUnit test result files with wrong name
• Build cache cannot handle outputs with non-BMP characters in the filename
• Emojis in test names should not break build caching
• Non utf-8 c code is no longer buildable
• Breaking change in 9.3.0 regarding cross-project dependency manipulation
• JUnit3 tests cannot be run with Gradle 9.3.0
• Test.setScanForTestClasses(false) causes all junit4 tests to be skipped

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Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.3.1 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.3.1 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.3.0

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v9.2.1: 9.2.1

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.2.1.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Windows ARM support
• Improved publishing APIs
• Better guidance for dependency verification failures

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We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
Adam,
Björn Kautler,
hasunzo,
HYEON,
Hyunjoon Park,
HYUNJUN SON,
Jendrik Johannes,
Kirill Gavrilov,
Madalin Valceleanu,
Martin Bonnin,
Matthew Haughton,
Mikhail Polivakha,
Na Minhyeok,
Philip Wedemann,
Philipp Schneider,
Róbert Papp,
Simon Marquis,
TheGoesen,
Vincent Potucek,
Xin Wang.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.2.1 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.2.1 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.2.0

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v9.1.0: 9.1.0

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.1.0.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Full Java 25 support
• Native task graph visualization
• Enhanced console output

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
Eng Zer Jun,
EunHyunsu,
Gaëtan Muller,
HeeChul Yang,
Jendrik Johannes,
Johnny Lim,
Junho Lee,
Kirill Gavrilov,
Matthew Haughton,
Na Minhyeok,
Philip Wedemann,
Philipp Schneider,
Pradyumna C,
r-a-sattarov,
Ryszard Perkowski,
Sebastian Schuberth,
SebastianHeil,
Staffan Al-Kadhimi,
winfriedgerlach,
Xin Wang.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.1.0 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.1.0 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.0.0: 9.0.0

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.0.0.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Configuration Cache is the recommended execution mode
• Gradle requires JVM 17 or higher to run
• Build scripts use Kotlin 2.2 and Groovy 4.0
• Improved Kotlin DSL script compilation avoidance

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
Aaron Matthis,
Adam E,
Adam S,
Björn Kautler,
Daniel Lacasse,
Eng Zer Jun,
EunHyunsu,
FlorianMichael,
Francisco Prieto,
Gaëtan Muller,
Jake Wharton,
Kengo TODA,
Kent Kaseda,
Madalin Valceleanu,
Marc Philipp,
Mark S. Lewis,
Matthew Haughton,
Mycroft Wong,
Na Minhyeok,
Nelson Osacky,
Olivier "Oli" Dagenais,
ploober,
Radai Rosenblatt,
Róbert Papp,
Sebastian Schuberth,
Victor Merkulov.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.0.0 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.0.0 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.0.0 upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

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[patelila]

Some things have not changed but shows up as modified probably to do with formatting