Draft: Add Java 17 support to the common library

This is a breaking change, and requires updates to the java version that is used to compile the package and run the code on the server.

core/pom.xml

 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<project
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>quarkus-core</artifactId>
   <name>Core - Runtime</name>
@@ -65,6 +68,13 @@
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-resteasy-qute</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- Required to include javax.servlet package, which is no longer included in JDK by default -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+      <version>4.0.1</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>