Update dependency rules_java to v9.7.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
rules_java	bazel_dep	minor	9.6.1 → 9.7.0

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Release Notes

bazelbuild/rules_java (rules_java)

v9.7.0

Compare Source

Changes since 9.6.1
899c551 Upgrade default JDK to 25.
e06bb23 Return repo_metadata from repository_rules (#​367)
35e8391 Do not percent-encode '+' in classpath-jar manifest Class-Path entries (#​358)
2f57464 Simplify toolchain config for linux (#​357)
c54e911 Create a java_common.compile_header API that just does the header compilation part of java_common.compile
e1c82d4 Internal Change
7b13ead Support disable_lint_checks in java_library
2399899 Internal change
8c82b7f No public description
0508ac3 Support embedding stamping info from bazel in java_single_jar
421776c Attempt to fix missing class error by not using tree artifacts for bootclasspath (#​340)
ec317b1 Remove java_common.add_constraints

MODULE.bazel setup

bazel_dep(name = "rules_java", version = "9.7.0")

WORKSPACE setup

With Bazel 8.0.0 and before 8.3.0, add the following to your file:

### https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/26119
common --repositories_without_autoloads=bazel_features_version,bazel_features_globals

In all cases, add the following to your file:

load("@​bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
http_archive(
    name = "rules_java",
    urls = [
        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/download/9.7.0/rules_java-9.7.0.tar.gz",
    ],
    sha256 = "68794ca344c1caf13dca65f90c06660823013fa080931266e2625103904a664e",
)

http_archive(
    name = "bazel_features",
    sha256 = "a660027f5a87f13224ab54b8dc6e191693c554f2692fcca46e8e29ee7dabc43b",
    strip_prefix = "bazel_features-1.30.0",
    url = "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/bazel_features/releases/download/v1.30.0/bazel_features-v1.30.0.tar.gz",
)

load("@​bazel_features//:deps.bzl", "bazel_features_deps")
bazel_features_deps()

load("@​rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")
rules_java_dependencies()

### note that the following line is what is minimally required from protobuf for the java rules
### consider using the protobuf_deps() public API from @​com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl
load("@​com_google_protobuf//bazel/private:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")

### register toolchains
load("@​rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_toolchains")
rules_java_toolchains()

Using the rules
See the source.

Full Changelog: bazelbuild/rules_java@9.6.1...9.7.0

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This pull request updates the version of the rules_java dependency from 9.6.1 to 9.7.0 in the MODULE.bazel file. There are no review comments, and I have no feedback to provide.

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