Update docs for Grails 7

build.gradle

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id 'base'
-    id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert' version '4.0.0-alpha.1'
+    id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert' version '4.0.3'
     id 'org.grails.grails-gdoc-to-asciidoc'
     id 'groovy'
 }
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ repositories {
     maven { url = "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core" }
 }
 
+compileJava.options.release = 17
+
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os
 
 version = project.findProperty("grails.version")
@@ -39,10 +41,10 @@ configurations {
 
 gdoc2asciidoc {
     apiLinks = ['org.hibernate'             : 'https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/current/javadocs/',
-                'org.springframework.boot'  : 'https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.5.2/api',
-                'org.springframework'       : 'https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/5.3.8/javadoc-api/',
-                'javax.servlet'             : 'https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.4/api/',
-                'java.'                     : 'https://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/',
+                'org.springframework.boot'  : "https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/$springBootVersion/api",
+                'org.springframework'       : "https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/$springVersion/javadoc-api/",
+                'jakarta.servlet'           : 'https://jakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/6.0/',
+                'java.'                     : 'https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/',
                 'groovy.'                   : 'https://docs.groovy-lang.org/docs/latest/html/api/',
                 'org.codehaus.groovy.grails': "https://docs.grails.org/$githubBranch/api",
                 'grails.orm.'               : 'https://gorm.grails.org/latest/api',
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ tasks.register('publishGuide', grails.doc.gradle.PublishGuide) {
         propertiesFiles = [new File(projectDir, "gradle.properties")]
         asciidoc = true
         properties = [
-                'javaee'             : "https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/",
+                'jakartaee'          : "https://jakarta.ee/specifications/platform/10/apidocs/",
                 'javase'             : "https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/",
                 'groovyapi'          : "https://docs.groovy-lang.org/${groovyVersion}/html/gapi/",
                 'springapi'          : "https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/${springVersion}/javadoc-api/",
@@ -217,8 +219,4 @@ artifacts {
     archives dist
 }
 
-java {
-    toolchain {
-        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(17)
-    }
-}
+compileJava.options.release = 17

buildSrc/build.gradle

@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@ repositories {
     maven { url = "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core" }
 }
 
-java {
-    toolchain {
-        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(17)
-    }
-}
+compileJava.options.release = 17
 
 configurations {
     configureEach {

buildSrc/gradle.properties

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-groovyVersion=4.0.22
+groovyVersion=4.0.24
+
+# This references grails-core/grails-docs
 grailsDocsVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT

gradle.properties

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 grails.version=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+
 githubSlug=grails/grails-doc
 githubBranch=7.0.x
-springBootVersion=3.2.6
-springVersion=6.1.8
-gradleVersion=8.10
+springBootVersion=3.4.0
+springVersion=6.2.0
+gradleVersion=8.11.1
 gormVersion=9.0.0-SNAPSHOT
-groovyVersion=4.0.22
+groovyVersion=4.0.24
 gspVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+grailsGdocVersion=1.0.1
+
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx1536M -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768M

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

resources/doc.properties

@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ alias.urlmappings=6.4 URL Mappings
 alias.validation=7. Validation
 alias.XML=6.1.7 XML and JSON Responses
 
-# javadoc alias used to link to external javadocs in the form [HttpServletRequest|api:javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest]
+# javadoc alias used to link to external javadocs in the form [HttpServletRequest|api:jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest]
 api.org.hibernate=https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/current/javadocs/
-api.org.springframework.boot=http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/api
-api.org.springframework=https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/javadoc-api/
-api.javax.servlet=https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/
-api.java.=https://docs.oracle.com/javase/11/docs/api/
+api.org.springframework.boot=https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/api/java/index.html
+api.org.springframework=https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/
+api.jakarta.servlet=https://jakarta.ee/specifications/platform/10/apidocs/
+api.java.=https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/
 api.groovy.=http://docs.groovy-lang.org/docs/latest/html/api
 api.org.codehaus.groovy.grails=http://docs.grails.org/latest/api/
 api.grails.orm.=http://gorm.grails.org/latest/hibernate/api

src/en/guide/REST/callingRestServices.adoc

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Calling Grails REST services - as well as third-party services - is very straightforward using the https://docs.micronaut.io/latest/guide/index.html#httpClient[Micronaut HTTP Client]. This HTTP client has both a low-level API and a higher level AOP-driven API, making it useful for both simple requests as well as building declarative, type-safe API layers.
 
-To use the Micronaut HTTP client you must have the `micronaut-http-client` dependency on your classpath. Add the following dependency to your `build.gradle` file.
+To use the Micronaut HTTP client you must have the `micronaut-http-client` and `micronaut-serde-jackson` dependencies on your classpath. Add the following dependency to your `build.gradle` file.
 
 .build.gradle
 [source,groovy]
 ----
-implementation 'io.micronaut:micronaut-http-client'
+implementation "io.micronaut:micronaut-http-client:4.6.6"
+implementation "io.micronaut.serde:micronaut-serde-jackson:2.11.0"
 ----
 
 ==== Low-level API

src/en/guide/REST/renderers/objectMarshallers.adoc

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Note that if you have many custom marshallers it is recommended you split the re
 ----
 class CustomMarshallerRegistrar {
 
-    @javax.annotation.PostConstruct
+    @jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct
     void registerMarshallers() {
         JSON.registerObjectMarshaller(DateTime) {
             return it?.toString("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'")

src/en/guide/REST/restProfile.adoc

@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ $ grails create-domain-class my.api.Book
 $ ./gradlew runCommand -Pargs="generate-all my.api.Book"
 ----
 
-NOTE: The generate-* commands are only available after adding the `org.grails.plugins:scaffolding` dependency to your project. They are not available by default in a REST application. Also, they will no longer produce *.gson files as that was a feature of the REST API-profile. Profiles where removed in Grails 6.
+NOTE: The generate-* commands are only available after adding the `org.grails.plugins:scaffolding` dependency to your project. They are not available by default in a REST application. Also, they will no longer produce *.gson files as that was a feature of the REST API-profile.
 
 Instead of CRUD HTML interface a REST endpoint is generated that produces JSON responses. In addition, the generated functional and unit tests by default test the REST endpoint. 

src/en/guide/commandLine.adoc

@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ features:
   - grails-web-testing-support
   - h2
   - logback
-  - micronaut-inject-groovy
   - readme
   - scaffolding
   - spock

src/en/guide/commandLine/creatingProject.adoc

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ mongodb, neo4j.
 ----
 
 | -f, --features
-| The features to use. Possible values: h2, gorm-hibernate5, spring-boot-starter-jetty, springloaded, micronaut-http-client, cache-ehcache, hibernate-validator, postgres, mysql, cache, database-migration, grails-gsp, hamcrest, gorm-mongodb, assertj, mockito, spring-boot-starter-undertow, micronaut-inject-groovy, github-workflow-java-ci, jrebel, testcontainers, sqlserver, grails-console, views-markup, views-json, gorm-neo4j, asciidoctor, embedded-mongodb, grails-web-console, logbackGroovy, mongo-sync, shade, properties
+| The features to use. Possible values: h2, gorm-hibernate5, spring-boot-starter-jetty, springloaded, micronaut-http-client, cache-ehcache, hibernate-validator, postgres, mysql, cache, database-migration, grails-gsp, hamcrest, gorm-mongodb, assertj, mockito, spring-boot-starter-undertow, github-workflow-java-ci, jrebel, testcontainers, sqlserver, grails-console, views-markup, views-json, gorm-neo4j, asciidoctor, embedded-mongodb, grails-web-console, logbackGroovy, mongo-sync, shade, properties
 |
 [source,shell]
 ----

src/en/guide/commandLine/gradleBuild/gradleDependencies.adoc

@@ -5,51 +5,55 @@ The default dependencies for the Grails Web application can be seen below:
 [source,groovy]
 ----
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.grails:grails-core")
-    implementation("org.grails:grails-logging")
-    implementation("org.grails:grails-plugin-databinding")
-    implementation("org.grails:grails-plugin-i18n")
-    implementation("org.grails:grails-plugin-interceptors")
-    implementation("org.grails:grails-plugin-rest")
-    implementation("org.grails:grails-plugin-services")
-    implementation("org.grails:grails-plugin-url-mappings")
-    implementation("org.grails:grails-web-boot")
-    implementation("org.grails.plugins:gsp")
-    implementation("org.grails.plugins:hibernate5")
-    implementation("org.grails.plugins:scaffolding")
-    implementation("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.6.15.Final")
-    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure")
-    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter")
-    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator")
-    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging")
-    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat")
-    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation")
-    compileOnly("io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-groovy")
-    console("org.grails:grails-console")
-    runtimeOnly("com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-grails:4.3.0")
-    runtimeOnly("com.h2database:h2")
-    runtimeOnly("javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.1")
-    runtimeOnly("org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc")
-    runtimeOnly("org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:1.18")
-    runtimeOnly("org.glassfish.web:el-impl:2.2.1-b05")
-    testImplementation("io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-groovy")
-    testImplementation("org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support")
-    testImplementation("org.grails:grails-web-testing-support")
-    testImplementation("org.grails.plugins:geb")
-    testImplementation("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-api:4.10.0")
-    testImplementation("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-remote-driver:4.10.0")
-    testImplementation("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-support:4.10.0")
-    testImplementation("org.spockframework:spock-core")
-    testRuntimeOnly("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-chrome-driver:4.10.0")
-    testRuntimeOnly("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-firefox-driver:4.10.0")
-    testRuntimeOnly("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-safari-driver:4.10.0")
-    testImplementation("io.micronaut:micronaut-http-client")
-
+    profile "org.grails.profiles:web"
+    implementation "org.grails:grails-core"
+    implementation "org.grails:grails-logging"
+    implementation "org.grails:grails-plugin-databinding"
+    implementation "org.grails:grails-plugin-i18n"
+    implementation "org.grails:grails-plugin-interceptors"
+    implementation "org.grails:grails-plugin-rest"
+    implementation "org.grails:grails-plugin-services"
+    implementation "org.grails:grails-plugin-url-mappings"
+    implementation "org.grails:grails-web-boot"
+    implementation "org.grails.plugins:gsp"
+    implementation "org.grails.plugins:hibernate5"
+    implementation "org.grails.plugins:scaffolding"
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure"
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter"
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator"
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging"
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation"
+    console "org.grails:grails-console"
+    runtimeOnly "com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-grails"
+    runtimeOnly "com.h2database:h2"
+    runtimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
+    runtimeOnly "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi"
+    integrationTestImplementation testFixtures("org.grails.plugins:geb")
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support"
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-web-testing-support"
+    testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core"
 }
 ----
 
-Note that version numbers are not present in the majority of the dependencies. This is thanks to the dependency management plugin which configures a Maven BOM that defines the default dependency versions for certain commonly used dependencies and plugins:
+Note that version numbers are not present in the majority of the dependencies.
+
+This is thanks to the Spring dependency management plugin which automatically configures `grails-bom` as a Maven BOM via the Grails Gradle Plugin.  This defines the default dependency versions for most commonly used dependencies and plugins.
+
+For a Grails App, applying `org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin` will automatically configure the `grails-bom`.  No other steps required.
+
+For Plugins and Projects which do not use `org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin`, you can apply the `grails-bom` in one of the following two ways.
+
+build.gradle, using Gradle Platforms:
+[source,groovy]
+----
+dependencies {
+    implementation platform("org.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
+    // all other dependencies
+}
+----
 
+build.gradle, using Spring dependency management plugin:
 [source,groovy]
 ----
 dependencyManagement {

src/en/guide/commandLine/interactiveMode.adoc

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Creates an application
                           spring-boot-starter-jetty, springloaded, spring-boot-starter-tomcat,
                           micronaut-http-client, cache-ehcache, hibernate-validator, postgres,
                           mysql, cache, database-migration, grails-gsp, hamcrest, gorm-mongodb,
-                          assertj, mockito, spring-boot-starter-undertow, micronaut-inject-groovy,
+                          assertj, mockito, spring-boot-starter-undertow,
                           github-workflow-java-ci, jrebel, testcontainers, sqlserver,
                           grails-console, views-markup, asset-pipeline-grails, views-json,
                           gorm-neo4j, asciidoctor, embedded-mongodb, grails-web-console,
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ Available Features
   Other
   geb (+)                             This plugins configure Geb for Grails framework to write automation tests.
   grails-console (+)                  Starts the Grails console, which is an extended version of the regular Groovy console.
-  micronaut-inject-groovy (+)         micronaut-inject-groovy
   scaffolding (+)                     The Grails® framework Scaffolding plugin replicates much of the functionality from Grails 2, but uses the fields plugin instead.
 
   Packaging

src/en/guide/deployment/deploymentContainer.adoc

@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ testImplementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
 
 == Application servers
 
-The Grails framework requires that runtime containers support Servlet 3.0 and above. By default, Grails framework applications are bundled with an embeddable Tomcat and testing is primarily done with Tomcat.  Any servlet container meeting the minimum requirements should be able to run Grails framework applications, but some workarounds may be required for container-specific bugs or configurations.
+The Grails framework requires that runtime containers support Servlet 6.0.0 and above. By default, Grails framework applications are bundled with an embeddable Tomcat and testing is primarily done with Tomcat.  Any servlet container meeting the minimum requirements should be able to run Grails framework applications, but some workarounds may be required for container-specific bugs or configurations.

src/en/guide/gettingStarted/ide.adoc

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Because Grails is built upon the https://spring.io[Spring Framework] (Spring Boo
 
 IntelliJ IDEA is a widely used IDE for Grails development. It offers comprehensive support for Groovy and Grails, including features like code-completion, intelligent code analysis, and seamless integration with Grails artefacts.
 
-IntelliJ IDEA also provides powerful database tools that work with Grails' GORM (Grails Object Relational Mapping) seamlessly. It offers both a Community (free) and Ultimate (paid) edition, with the latter offering more advanced Grails support, including an embedded version of the https://start.grails.org[Grails Forge], and view resolution for both GSPs and JSON views.
+IntelliJ IDEA also provides powerful database tools that work with Grails' GORM (Grails Object Relational Mapping) seamlessly. It offers both a Community (free) and Ultimate (paid) edition, with the latter offering more advanced Grails support via the regularly updated https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/18504-grails/versions[Grails Plugin], including an embedded version of the https://start.grails.org[Grails Forge], and view resolution for both GSPs and JSON views.
 
 https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/[IntelliJ IDEA Website]
 

src/en/guide/gettingStarted/requirements.adoc

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 Before installing Grails you will need a Java Development Kit (JDK) installed with the minimum version denoted in the table below. Download the appropriate JDK for your operating system, run the installer, and then set up an environment variable called `JAVA_HOME` pointing to the location of this installation.
 
+We recommend https://bell-sw.com/pages/downloads/#jdk-17-lts[Liberica JDK 17 LTS] based on https://spring.io/quickstart[Spring's JDK recommendation].
+
 [cols="1,1"]
 |===
 | Grails version | JDK version (minimum)
 
+| 7 | 17
 | 6 | 11
 | 5 | 8
 |===

src/en/guide/gettingStarted/supportedJakartaEEContainers.adoc

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The Grails framework requires that runtime containers support Servlet 6.0.0 and above. By default, Grails framework applications are bundled with an embedded Tomcat server.  For more information, please see the link:deployment.html[Deployment] section of this documentation.
+
+In addition, read the https://guides.grails.org/[Grails Guides] for tips on how to deploy Grails to various popular Cloud services.

src/en/guide/hibernate/mappingWithHibernateAnnotations.adoc

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ To map a domain class with annotations, create a new class in `src/main/groovy/`
 ----
 package com.books;
 
-import javax.persistence.Entity;
-import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
-import javax.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
 
 @Entity
 public class Book {

src/en/guide/index.adoc

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Puneet Behl, Graeme Rocher, Peter Ledbrook, Marc Palmer, Jeff Brown, Luke Daley,
 include::introduction.adoc[]
 
 [[whatsNew]]
-=== What's new in Grails 6?
+=== What's new in Grails 7?
 
 include::introduction/whatsNew.adoc[]
 
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ include::gettingStarted/testingAnApplication.adoc[]
 
 include::gettingStarted/deployingAnApplication.adoc[]
 
-[[supportedJavaEEContainers]]
-=== Supported Java EE Containers
+[[supportedJakartaEEContainers]]
+=== Supported Jakarta EE Containers
 
-include::gettingStarted/supportedJavaEEContainers.adoc[]
+include::gettingStarted/supportedJakartaEEContainers.adoc[]
 
 [[creatingArtefacts]]
 === Creating Artefacts
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ include::async/asyncGorm.adoc[]
 include::async/asyncRequests.adoc[]
 
 [[asyncServletApi]]
-=== Servlet 3.0 Async
+=== Servlet 6.0.0 Async
 
 include::async/asyncServletApi.adoc[]