Merge branch 'master' into to/#133-add-scala-package

Author: ckittl

build.gradle

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ plugins {
 	id 'maven-publish'
 	id 'signing'
 	id 'pmd' //code check, working on source code
-	id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '4.7.3' //code check, working on byte code
-	id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '5.14.3'//code format
+	id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '4.7.8' //code check, working on byte code
+	id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '5.16.0'//code format
 	id 'com.simonharrer.modernizer' version '2.1.0-1' //detect deprecated APIs
 	id 'com.github.onslip.gradle-one-jar' version '1.0.6' // pack a self contained jar
 	id 'jacoco' // java code coverage plugin