jMonkeyEngine: jMonkeyEngine 3.7.0-stable

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A production-quality JMonkeyEngine 3.7.0 stable release with the following noteworthy changes relative to 3.6.1-stable:

What's Changed

• fixes issue #2277 (GltfLoader issues) by @JNightRide #2309

• test and fix for issue #2282 (VerifyError while creating AXIS_SWEEP_3 space) by @stephengold in #2283

• TestBrickTower: delete secondary version of the BSD license by @stephengold in #2286

• Add MipMaps to PBRTerrainAdvancedTest.java by @yaRnMcDonuts in #2289

• Setting the resolution to match the old prevents calling reshape by @tonihele in #2290

• #2275 Improve assertions for invalid transforms. by @richardTingle in #2276

• Fix Casting error that occurred on certain GPUs by @yaRnMcDonuts in #2274

• implement equals(), hashCode(), and isSimilar() for bounding volumes by @stephengold in #2252

• June 2024 update to README.md by @stephengold in #2281

• partial revert of PR #2060 (JSON parser abstraction) by @stephengold in #2278

• Gradle build (zip) by @JNightRide in #2235

• Logic code error (LwjglCanvas - LWJGL3) by @JNightRide in #2238

• Fix SkeletonDebugger deserializing by @tonihele in #2228

• #2224 Fix bug where the clipRect would be left in the openGL state by @richardTingle in #2225

• Logs exception as severe on asset locator instantiation failure by @codex128 in #2232

• stop building with JDK 8 at GitHub Actions by @stephengold in #2254

• Remove material cache, some materials seem not work when cloned by @tonihele in #2255

• solution for issue #2250 (exceptions from Image.setMultiSamples(1)) by @stephengold in #2251

• main.yml: upgrade the wrapper validation action to v3 by @stephengold in #2257

• update Groovy to v3.0.21 by @stephengold in #2212

• don't code the Gradle version in build.gradle by @stephengold in #2213

• jme3-examples: add the TestIssue2209 class by @stephengold in #2214

• Use precision qualifiers only in GL ES shaders by @riccardobl in #2217

• Added Test Class for SingleLayerInfluenceMask by @codex128 in #2218

• VarType: format code by @capdevon in #2199

• MaterialDebugAppState: format code by @capdevon in #2200

• MatParam: format code by @capdevon in #2202

• xxxLightShadowFilter: format code + javadoc by @capdevon in #2204

• AbstractShadowRenderer.setRenderBackFacesShadows(): Change input type Boolean -> boolean by @capdevon in #2206

• Vector2f: added final static variables NAN, UNIT_X, UNIT_Y, … by @capdevon in #2198

• Fix render states merging when additionalState is not set by @riccardobl in #2208

• build.gradle: update Gradle version to match gradle-wrapper.properties by @stephengold in #2207

• Fix divide by 0 in shadow utils for some scenes #2209 by @riccardobl in #2210

• UBO/SSBO Improvements, Structs, BufferObject and sub data update by @riccardobl in #1782

• Expand support for GL ES / WebGL compatible formats. by @riccardobl in #2101

• Lwjgl3 canvas by @tonihele in #1868

• LwjglCanvas using lwjgl-jawt by @JNightRide in #2153

• Adds SingleLayerInfluenceMask by @codex128 in #2043

• Accelerated env baking on the GPU by @riccardobl in #1165

• Create CompositeAppState.java by @pspeed42 in #2193

• Fix PBR Support for Glow by @codex128 in #2162

• update the "gson" library to v2.10.1 by @stephengold in #2183

• update copyright years in the license by @stephengold in #2182

• solve issue #2178 (PBRTerrainTest typo) by @stephengold in #2181

• solve issue #2177 (PBRTerrainAdvancedTest typo) by @stephengold in #2180

• document issue #2089 (scale factors assumed positive) by @stephengold in #2156

• #2176 Make LWJGLBufferAllocator use nmemCalloc() instead of nmemAlloc() by @JosiahGoeman in #2179

• solve issue #2184 (smart quotes in log messages) by @stephengold in #2185

• #2174 deprecate key classes in JME3-vr. by @richardTingle in #2175

• com.jme3.anim.tween.action.Action: basic javadoc by @Scrappers-glitch in #2019

• com.jme3.anim.tween.action.BaseAction: basic javadoc by @Scrappers-glitch in #2020

• Move NoiseLib.glslib to more appropriate location by @yaRnMcDonuts in #2189

• update GitHub actions: setup-java to v4, wrapper-validation-action to v2 by @stephengold in #2192

• IBLGLEnvBaker: don't share a logger with IBLHybridEnvBakerLight by @stephengold in #2187

• BoundingSphereDebug: removed the unused variable radius and its getter method getRadius() by @capdevon in #2196

• update the Gradle wrapper to v7.6.4 by @stephengold in #2197

• #2194 add ClipAction.getAnimClip() method, remove ClipAction.reset() method by @capdevon in #2195