Updating documentation for 3.x release

Updated versions and links in docs

* Set the baseline to Java 17
* Update links

resolves #814

Author: cppwfs

README.adoc

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ process persists beyond the life of the task for future reporting.
 
 == Requirements:
 
-* Java 8 or Above
+* Java 17 or Above
 
 == Build Main Project:
 
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant link:CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc[code
 == Building the Project
 
 This project requires that you invoke the Javadoc engine from the Maven command line. You can do so by appending `javadoc:aggregate` to the rest of your Maven command.
-For example, to build the entire project, you could use `./mvnw -Pfull javadoc:aggregate`.
+For example, to build the entire project, you could use `mvn clean install -DskipTests -P docs`.

docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ process persists beyond the life of the task for future reporting.
 
 == Requirements:
 
-* Java 8 or Above
+* Java 17 or Above
 
 == Build Main Project:
 
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant link:CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc[code
 == Building the Project
 
 This project requires that you invoke the Javadoc engine from the Maven command line. You can do so by appending `javadoc:aggregate` to the rest of your Maven command.
-For example, to build the entire project, you could use `./mvnw -Pfull javadoc:aggregate`.
+For example, to build the entire project, you could use `mvn clean install -DskipTests -P docs`.

docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-building-the-documentation.adoc

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 == Building This Documentation
 
 This project uses Maven to generate this documentation. To generate it for yourself,
-run the following command: `$ ./mvnw clean package -P full`.
+run the following command: `$ mvn clean install -DskipTests -P docs`.

docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-cloud-foundry.adoc

@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
 
 include::appendix-task-repository-schema.adoc[]
 include::appendix-building-the-documentation.adoc[]
-include::appendix-cloud-foundry.adoc[]

docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix.adoc

@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Ingesting a partition of data from a Kafka topic is useful and exactly what the
 `KafkaItemReader` can do. To configure a `KafkaItemReader`, two pieces
 of configuration are required. First, configuring Kafka with Spring Boot's Kafka
 autoconfiguration is required (see the
-https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.4.x/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-kafka[Spring Boot Kafka documentation]).
+https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/#messaging.kafka.additional-properties[Spring Boot Kafka documentation]).
 Once you have configured the Kafka properties from Spring Boot, you can configure the `KafkaItemReader`
 itself by setting the following properties:
 
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ See the https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/docs/4.3.x/api/org/springframework/b
 
 To write step output to a Kafka topic, you need `KafkaItemWriter`. This starter
 provides autoconfiguration for a `KafkaItemWriter` by using facilities from two places.
-The first is Spring Boot's Kafka autoconfiguration. (See the https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.4.x/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-kafka[Spring Boot Kafka documentation].)
+The first is Spring Boot's Kafka autoconfiguration. (See the https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/#messaging.kafka.additional-properties[Spring Boot Kafka documentation].)
 Second, this starter lets you configure two properties on the writer.
 
 .`KafkaItemWriter` Properties

docs/src/main/asciidoc/batch-starter.adoc

@@ -151,58 +151,6 @@ dependency for the Spring Cloud Kubernetes Deployer:
 the following regex pattern: `[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])`.
 Otherwise, an exception is thrown.
 
-=== Notes on Developing a Batch-partitioned Application for the Cloud Foundry Platform
-
-* When deploying partitioned apps on the Cloud Foundry platform, you must use the
-following dependencies for the Spring Cloud Foundry Deployer:
-+
-[source,xml]
-----
-<dependency>
-    <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-    <artifactId>spring-cloud-deployer-cloudfoundry</artifactId>
-</dependency>
-<dependency>
-    <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
-    <artifactId>reactor-core</artifactId>
-    <version>3.1.5.RELEASE</version>
-</dependency>
-<dependency>
-    <groupId>io.projectreactor.ipc</groupId>
-    <artifactId>reactor-netty</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.5.RELEASE</version>
-</dependency>
-----
-* When configuring the partition handler, Cloud Foundry Deployment
-environment variables need to be established so that the partition handler
-can start the partitions. The following list shows the required environment
-variables:
-- `spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_url`
-- `spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_org`
-- `spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_space`
-- `spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_domain`
-- `spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_username`
-- `spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_password`
-- `spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_services`
-- `spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_taskTimeout`
-
-An example set of deployment environment variables for a partitioned task that
-uses a `mysql` database service might resemble the following:
-
-[source,bash]
-----
-spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_url=https://api.local.pcfdev.io
-spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_org=pcfdev-org
-spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_space=pcfdev-space
-spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_domain=local.pcfdev.io
-spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_username=admin
-spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_password=admin
-spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_services=mysql
-spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_taskTimeout=300
-----
-
-NOTE: When using PCF-Dev, the following environment variable is also required:
-`spring_cloud_deployer_cloudfoundry_skipSslValidation=true`
 
 [[batch-informational-messages]]
 == Batch Informational Messages

docs/src/main/asciidoc/batch.adoc

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ This is a task application that emits batch job events to the following channels
 	* item-write-events
 	* skip-events
 
-Note: More information on this topic is available https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-task/current-SNAPSHOT/reference/htmlsingle/#stream-integration-batch-events[here].
+Note: More information on this topic is available https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-task/docs/current/reference/html/#stream-integration-batch-events[here].
 
 == Requirements:
 
-* Java 8 or Above
+* Java 17 or Above
 
 == Build:
 
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ $ ./mvnw clean install
 
 [source,shell,indent=2]
 ----
-$ java -jar target/batch-events-1.2.1.RELEASE.jar
+$ java -jar target/batch-events-3.0.0.jar
 ----
 
-For example you can listen for specific job execution events on a specified channel with a Spring Cloud Stream Sink
-like the log sink using the following:
+For example you can listen for specific job execution events on a specified channel with a Spring Cloud Stream Sink 
+like the https://github.com/spring-cloud/stream-applications/tree/main/applications/sink/log-sink[log sink] using the following:
 
 [source,shell,indent=2]
 ----
-$ java -jar <PATH_TO_LOG_SINK_JAR>/log-sink-rabbit-1.0.2.RELEASE.jar --server.port=9090
+$ java -jar <PATH_TO_LOG_SINK_JAR>/log-sink-rabbit-3.1.1.jar --server.port=9090
 --spring.cloud.stream.bindings.input.destination=job-execution-events
 ----
 

spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-events/README.adoc

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This is a Spring Cloud Task application that executes two simple Spring Batch Jo
 
 == Requirements:
 
-* Java 8 or Above
+* Java 17 or Above
 
 == Classes:
 
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ $ mvn clean package
 
 [source,shell,indent=2]
 ----
-$ java -jar target/batch-job-1.2.1.RELEASE.jar
+$ java -jar target/batch-job-3.0.0.jar
 ----

spring-cloud-task-samples/batch-job/README.adoc

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ a data store.
 
 == Requirements:
 
-* Java 8 or Above
+* Java 17 or Above
 
 == Classes:
 
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ $ mvn clean package
 
 [source,shell,indent=2]
 ----
-$ java -jar target/jpa-sample-1.2.1.RELEASE.jar
+$ java -jar target/jpa-sample-3.0.0.jar
 ----