Upgrade Java version references from Java 8/17 to Java 21

[dillonvargo]

Description of what I changed

Updates all outdated Java version references to reflect that Java 21 is now the minimum required version (matching the existing javaCompilerVersion property of 21 in pom.xml).

Three files changed:

1. api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/util/OpenmrsUtil.java — Rewrote validateJavaVersion() to require Java 21 minimum. The old implementation used a regex (1\\.[0-7]\\.(.*)) that only rejected Java 7 and below under the legacy 1.x versioning scheme. The new implementation parses the major version integer from java.version, handling both legacy 1.x and modern X.y.z formats.

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

3. pom.xml — Removed the java17 Maven profile. It provided the same mockito/bytebuddy dependency overrides as the java21 and java24 profiles and is no longer needed now that Java 21 is the minimum. The java21 and java24 profiles are retained.

Not changed: startup.sh — Its debug port logic checks JAVA_VERSION > 8, which remains correct for Java 21+.

⚠️ Items for reviewer attention

• Version string edge cases in validateJavaVersion(): The new parsing splits on '.' to extract the major version. Version strings without a dot that contain non-numeric suffixes (e.g., 21-ea, 21+35) would cause a NumberFormatException from Integer.parseInt. Consider whether a dash/plus-aware split is needed, or whether this is acceptable since early-access JDKs aren't a supported runtime target.
• No unit tests added for the updated validateJavaVersion() logic. Existing tests (if any) for this method would now be stale.
• Java 17 profile removal: Confirm no active CI jobs or contributor workflows depend on building with JDK 17.

Issue I worked on

see https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/TRUNK-

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• 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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