* Make use of multi-thread builds of maven

* Bump up maven version to get rid of parallel build bug

* Apply the same to E2E tests

* Apply the same to JavaDoc task

* Revert E2E settings

* Add maven tuning opts

* Increase maven fork process memory

[Performance Improvement]Backend streaming thread model improvement

* Moves to Maven wrapper to stabilize the version in use

This will ensure those building will have similar experience due to
having a fixed maven version.

* Updates most plugin versions and removes redundant configuration

* Sets up build enforcement for JDK 1.8 until further work occurs