Not able to create a java8 neo4j hello world example - java-8

Question

I have to integrate into a current java8 container some limited neo4j functionality but I'm not able to build a simple hello world example.
Created a simple demo app
gradle init \
--project-name neo-question \
--type java-application \
--package neo.question \
--test-framework junit \
--dsl groovy
I have added source and target compatibility with java 8 and also a dependency to the org.neo4j.driver:neo4j-java-driver:1.7.6 and this is how my build.gradle looks like
plugins {
id 'application'
}
sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:29.0-jre'
implementation 'org.neo4j.driver:neo4j-java-driver:1.7.6'
}
application {
mainClass = 'neo.question.App'
}
This is how I start my neo docker to perform this test and I can connect to it from a java11 compatible code
docker run \
--name testneo4j \
-p7474:7474 -p7687:7687 \
-d \
-v $HOME/neo4j/data:/data \
-v $HOME/neo4j/logs:/logs \
-v $HOME/neo4j/import:/var/lib/neo4j/import \
-v $HOME/neo4j/plugins:/plugins \
--env NEO4J_dbms_security_auth__minimum__password__length=4 \
--env NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/test \
neo4j:latest
I'm using this example for 1.7.6 driver on how to connect: 1.7.6 overview
This is my java8 HelloWorldExample.Java class
package neo.question;
import org.neo4j.driver.v1.*;
import static org.neo4j.driver.v1.Values.parameters;
public class HelloWorldExample implements AutoCloseable{
private final Driver driver;
public HelloWorldExample(String uri, String user, String password )
{
driver = GraphDatabase.driver( uri, AuthTokens.basic( user, password ) );
}
#Override
public void close() throws Exception
{
driver.close();
}
public void printGreeting( final String message )
{
try ( Session session = driver.session() )
{
String greeting = session.writeTransaction( new TransactionWork<String>()
{
#Override
public String execute( Transaction tx )
{
StatementResult result = tx.run( "CREATE (a:Greeting) " +
"SET a.message = $message " +
"RETURN a.message + ', from node ' + id(a)",
parameters( "message", message ) );
return result.single().get( 0 ).asString();
}
} );
System.out.println( greeting );
}
}
public static void main( String... args ) throws Exception
{
try ( HelloWorldExample greeter = new HelloWorldExample( "bolt://localhost:7687", "neo4j", "test" ) )
{
greeter.printGreeting( "hello, world" );
}
}
}
When I try to run the HelloWorldExample this is what I get
Jan 10, 2023 11:11:03 AM org.neo4j.driver.internal.logging.JULogger info
INFO: Direct driver instance 1113619023 created for server address localhost:7687
Jan 10, 2023 11:11:04 AM org.neo4j.driver.internal.logging.JULogger info
INFO: Closing connection pool towards localhost:7687
Exception in thread "main" org.neo4j.driver.v1.exceptions.ServiceUnavailableException: Connection to the database terminated. This can happen due to network instabilities, or due to restarts of the database
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.util.Futures.blockingGet(Futures.java:123)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.DriverFactory.verifyConnectivity(DriverFactory.java:349)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.DriverFactory.newInstance(DriverFactory.java:95)
at org.neo4j.driver.v1.GraphDatabase.driver(GraphDatabase.java:141)
at org.neo4j.driver.v1.GraphDatabase.driver(GraphDatabase.java:124)
at org.neo4j.driver.v1.GraphDatabase.driver(GraphDatabase.java:99)
at neo.question.HelloWorldExample.<init>(HelloWorldExample.java:12)
at neo.question.HelloWorldExample.main(HelloWorldExample.java:43)
Suppressed: org.neo4j.driver.internal.util.ErrorUtil$InternalExceptionCause
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.util.ErrorUtil.newConnectionTerminatedError(ErrorUtil.java:50)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.async.HandshakeHandler.channelInactive(HandshakeHandler.java:81)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:262)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:248)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:241)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelInputClosed(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:392)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelInactive(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:357)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler.channelInactive(SslHandler.java:1074)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:262)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:248)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:241)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.channelInactive(ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter.java:81)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.handler.timeout.IdleStateHandler.channelInactive(IdleStateHandler.java:277)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:262)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:248)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:241)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelInactive(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1405)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:262)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelInactive(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:248)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelInactive(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:901)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AbstractUnsafe$7.run(AbstractChannel.java:813)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.util.concurrent.AbstractEventExecutor.safeExecute(AbstractEventExecutor.java:164)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor.runAllTasks(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:469)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:500)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:986)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)
> Task :app:HelloWorldExample.main() FAILED