chore: sdk-4992 migrate java sdk to release-please

Author: dciccale

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

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+name: Release Please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    name: Create or update release PR
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@9af89fc71515a100421586dfdb3dc9c984fbf411 # v2.19.4
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      # Mint a short-lived GitHub App installation token per run instead of a
+      # long-lived PAT. release-please needs a token other than the default
+      # GITHUB_TOKEN so that the Release PR gets CI checks and downstream
+      # release workflows can be triggered.
+      - name: Generate GitHub App token
+        id: generate-token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ vars.RELEASE_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          permission-contents: write
+          permission-pull-requests: write
+
+      # Maintains a "Release PR" that aggregates conventional commits since the
+      # last release. Merging that PR bumps the version, updates the changelog,
+      # creates the git tag and the GitHub release.
+      - name: Run release-please
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@45996ed1f6d02564a971a2fa1b5860e934307cf7 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
+          target-branch: master
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json

.release-please-manifest.json

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+{
+  ".": "3.1.2"
+}

pom.xml

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     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <revision>3.1.2</revision>
+        <revision>3.1.2</revision> <!-- x-release-please-released-version -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
         <kotlin.version>1.7.20</kotlin.version>

release-please-config.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "release-type": "java",
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: release ${version}",
+  "always-update": true,
+  "skip-snapshot": true,
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "perf", "section": "Performance Improvements", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "deps", "section": "Dependencies", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "revert", "section": "Reverts", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "chore", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "ci", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "build", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "refactor", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "test", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation", "hidden": false }
+  ],
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "rudder-sdk-java",
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "extra-files": [
+        "pom.xml"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}