Merge pull request #417 from boozallen/415-upgrade-data-access-java17

 #415 Ensure data access is compatible with JDK17

Author: cwoods-cpointe

DRAFT_RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ the `jackson-mapper-asl` dependency artifact in the root pom.xml file to enable
 
 ## Conditional Steps
 
+### Data Access Dependency Update
+Data Access no longer needs to explicitly set the `kafka-clients` dependency. It can be removed along with its 
+exclusion from the `quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka` dependency.
+
 ### For projects that have customized the Spark Operator Service Account permissions
 The service account for the pipeline invocation service is now separated from spark operator and configured solely for the service.
 If you added any custom configurations to the `sparkoperator` service account pertaining to the pipeline invocation service, you will need to migrate the related changes to the new `pipeline-invocation-service-sa`. Refer to Pipeline Invocation Helm Chart [README](https://github.com/boozallen/aissemble/blob/dev/extensions/extensions-helm/extensions-helm-pipeline-invocation/aissemble-pipeline-invocation-app-chart/README.md) for detail.
@@ -98,4 +102,4 @@ If you added any custom configurations to the `sparkoperator` service account pe
 
 # What's Changed
 - `pyproject.toml` files updated to allow for Python version `>=3.8`.
-- All SageMaker modules and corresponding references were removed in commit bdcbb409.
+- All SageMaker modules and corresponding references were removed in commit bdcbb409.

foundation/foundation-mda/src/main/resources/templates/data-access/data.access.pom.xml.vm

@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
@@ -92,12 +86,6 @@
             <artifactId>stax</artifactId>
             <version>1.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- vertx-kafka-client currently bound to 2.x versions -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
-        </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->
         <dependency>