Update minimum Java version requirement from 8 to 21

[dillonvargo]

Description of what I changed

Updated the minimum Java version requirement throughout the codebase to align with the compiler version (javaCompilerVersion=21 already set in the root pom.xml).

Changes:

1. OpenmrsUtil.validateJavaVersion() — Replaced the old regex (rejected only Java ≤7) with a new pattern (1\..*)|(9|1[0-9]|20)(\...*)? that rejects all versions below 21 (both old 1.x format and modern 9–20 format). Updated Javadoc and error message.

2. README.md — Updated documented minimum JDK from 8 to 21.

3. test-module/pom.xml — Changed javaCompilerVersion from 1.8 to 21 to match the parent POM.

4. pom.xml — Removed the java17, java21, and java24 Maven profiles. All three declared identical Mockito 5.19.0 / ByteBuddy 1.17.7 dependency versions and existed only because Mockito 5.x didn't support Java 8. Since Java 8 is no longer supported, the profiles are unnecessary. Moved byte-buddy and byte-buddy-agent declarations into the main <dependencyManagement> section (mockito-core was already there).

5. startup.sh — Removed the now-dead Java 8 debug address code path (address=PORT without *: prefix). Since minimum is Java 21, only the address=*:PORT format is needed.

Issue I worked on

Aligns runtime validation with the compiler target. The project already compiles with Java 21 (root POM, Dockerfile) but was still validating for Java 8 at runtime.

⚠️ Key areas for reviewer attention

• Regex correctness in validateJavaVersion(): The new pattern must correctly reject versions 1.x through 20.x while allowing 21+. Edge cases to consider: bare version numbers without dots (e.g., "21"), early-access strings (e.g., "21-ea"), and future high version numbers.

• Maven profile removal: Verify that removing the JDK-specific profiles doesn't break dependency resolution. All three profiles had identical versions, but confirm no subtle activation logic was lost.

• Hardcoded ByteBuddy version: The byte-buddy and byte-buddy-agent dependencies now use hardcoded 1.17.7 instead of a property. Consider whether this should reference a ${byteBuddyVersion} property for consistency.

• No test coverage for new regex: The existing JavaVersionTest only verifies that the current JVM passes validation. There are no unit tests for the regex edge cases (e.g., does it correctly reject "20.0.1" and accept "21.0.1"?).

Checklist: I completed these to help reviewers :)

• My IDE is configured to follow the code style of this project.
• I have added tests to cover my changes.
• I ran mvn clean package right before creating this pull request and added all formatting changes to my commit.
• All new and existing tests passed.
• My pull request is based on the latest changes of the master branch.

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