fix: support TypeScript 7 toolchain

Use the native TypeScript 7 compiler for type-checking while retaining the official TypeScript 6 compatibility API for TSLint and ts-loader.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ javaDebugger/
 ### Prerequisites
 - [JDK](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html), (version 11 or later)
 - [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/), (version 1.44.0 or later)
-- [Node.JS](https://nodejs.org/en/), (>= 12.8.1)
+- [Node.JS](https://nodejs.org/en/), (>= 16.20.0)
 - [Language Support for Java by Red Hat](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=redhat.java), (version 0.60.0 or later)
 
 Install all the dependencies using `npm` (supposed to be installed together with [Node.JS](https://nodejs.org/en/)).

package-lock.json

@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "vscode:prepublish": "npm run build",
-    "compile": "tsc -p . && webpack --config webpack.config.js",
+    "compile": "node ./node_modules/@typescript/native/lib/tsc.js -p . && webpack --config webpack.config.js",
     "watch": "webpack --config webpack.config.js --watch",
     "build": "webpack --config webpack.config.js --mode=\"production\"",
     "tslint": "tslint -t verbose --project tsconfig.json",
@@ -1389,11 +1389,12 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.9",
     "@types/node": "^14.18.63",
     "@types/vscode": "1.95.0",
+    "@typescript/native": "npm:typescript@^7.0.2",
     "@vscode/test-electron": "^3.1.0",
     "mocha": "^10.8.2",
     "ts-loader": "^9.6.2",
     "tslint": "^6.1.3",
-    "typescript": "^7.0.2",
+    "typescript": "npm:@typescript/typescript6@^6.0.2",
     "webpack": "^5.105.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^4.10.0"
   },

package.json

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license.
 
-import * as glob from "glob";
-import * as Mocha from "mocha";
+import glob = require("glob");
+import Mocha = require("mocha");
 import * as path from "path";
 
 export function run(): Promise<void> {

test/suite/index.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
         "noImplicitReturns": true,
         "noUnusedParameters": true,
         "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": false,
+        "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
+        "useUnknownInCatchVariables": false,
         "alwaysStrict": true,
         "skipLibCheck": true
     },