A few miscellaneous fixes:

1. Java 8 compatibility for now - see changes in JdbcUrlUtils
2. Change POM version to 1.00.RC2-SNAPSHOT

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 OpenTable Embedded PostgreSQL Component
 =======================================
 
-Note: This library requires Java 11+.
+Note: This library requires Java 8+.
 
 Allows embedding PostgreSQL into Java application code, using Docker containers.
 Excellent for allowing you to unit

pom.xml

@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@
 
   <groupId>com.opentable.components</groupId>
   <artifactId>otj-pg-embedded</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.1.RC1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.0.RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Embedded PostgreSQL driver</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <project.build.targetJdk>11</project.build.targetJdk>
     <basepom.test.timeout>1800</basepom.test.timeout>
     <basepom.oss.skip-scala-doc>true</basepom.oss.skip-scala-doc>
     <basepom.check.skip-javadoc>false</basepom.check.skip-javadoc>

src/main/java/com/opentable/db/postgres/embedded/JdbcUrlUtils.java

@@ -13,15 +13,16 @@
  */
 package com.opentable.db.postgres.embedded;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 final class JdbcUrlUtils {
 
@@ -50,17 +51,17 @@ static int getPort(final String url) {
      * @return Modified Url
      * @throws URISyntaxException If Url violates RFC 2396
      */
-    static String addUsernamePassword(final String url, final String userName, final String password) throws URISyntaxException {
+    static String addUsernamePassword(final String url, final String userName, final String password) throws URISyntaxException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
         final URI uri = URI.create(url.substring(JDBC_URL_PREFIX.length()));
         final Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>(
                 Optional.ofNullable(uri.getQuery())
-                        .stream()
+                        .map(Stream::of).orElse(Stream.empty())// Hack around the fact Optional.Stream requires Java 9+.
                         .flatMap(par -> Arrays.stream(par.split("&")))
                         .map(part -> part.split("="))
                         .filter(part -> part.length > 1)
                         .collect(Collectors.toMap(part -> part[0], part -> part[1])));
-        params.put("user", URLEncoder.encode(userName, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-        params.put("password", URLEncoder.encode(password, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        params.put("user", URLEncoder.encode(userName, "UTF-8")); // Use the old form for Java 8 compatibility.
+        params.put("password", URLEncoder.encode(password, "UTF-8"));
         return JDBC_URL_PREFIX + new URI(uri.getScheme(),
                 uri.getUserInfo(),
                 uri.getHost(),

src/main/java/com/opentable/db/postgres/embedded/PreparedDbProvider.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package com.opentable.db.postgres.embedded;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ public String createDatabase() throws SQLException {
         }
         try {
             return JdbcUrlUtils.addUsernamePassword(info.getUrl(), info.getUser(), info.getPassword());
-        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+        } catch (URISyntaxException | UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
             throw new SQLException(e);
         }
     }