Update dependency rules_jvm_external to v7.2

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
rules_jvm_external	bazel_dep	minor	7.1 → 7.2

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Release Notes

bazel-contrib/rules_jvm_external (rules_jvm_external)

v7.2

Compare Source

Please note The lock file format was changed in rules_jvm_external 5.1 and in 6.10. If you update and repin your dependencies, your lock file will use the new format.

Usage

This version of rules_jvm_external requires Bazel 7.7.1 or Bazel 8.8.1 or Bazel 9.

This release requires Java 11 or above to run, both as the host JDK and the build and tool JDK.

Bzlmod

In your MODULE.bazel file:

bazel_dep(name = "rules_jvm_external", version = "7.2")

To add dependencies, later in your MODULE.bazel file:

maven = use_extension("@rules_jvm_external//:extensions.bzl", "maven")

maven.install(
    artifacts = [
        "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.51.0",
    ],
    lock_file = "//:maven_install.json",
)

use_repo(maven, "maven")

Using dependencies

In your BUILD.bazel file, reference the targets directly:

java_library(
    name = "example",
    exports = [
        "@maven//:org_seleniumhq_selenium_selenium_java",
    ],
)

What's Changed

• Return repo_metadata from repository rules by @​keith in #​1616
• Remove -noverify by @​timothyklim in #​1620
• perf: speed up java export exclusions by @​shs96c in #​1624
• Fix Gradle resolver console output by @​shs96c in #​1623
• Update rules_kotlin to 2.4.0 by @​shs96c in #​1621
• feat: expose kt_defs.bzl via public bzl_library for stardoc by @​mikhail-0330 in #​1626
• fix: make Gradle resolver cache writes race-tolerant by @​thirtyseven in #​1615
• Handle overrides for fileless artifacts by @​aNOOBisTheGod in #​1625
• Pass COURSIER_CACHE to coursier when fetching unpinned repositories by @​vadikmironov in #​1601
• fix: don't fail resolution when an artifact has no sources jar by @​thirtyseven in #​1614
• Use rules_pkg in the java-export example by @​fmeum in #​1628
• Add support for AAR files to IndexJar by @​pettermahlen in #​1490
• fix: honour pinned versions in layered coursier installs by @​shs96c in #​1631

New Contributors

• @​timothyklim made their first contribution in #​1620
• @​aNOOBisTheGod made their first contribution in #​1625
• @​pettermahlen made their first contribution in #​1490

Full Changelog: bazel-contrib/rules_jvm_external@7.1...7.2

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