Add PR build validation and Dependabot auto-merge

.github/workflows/build.yml

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+name: Build
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@c1e323688fd81a25caa38c78aa6df2d33d3e20d9 # v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: maven
+
+      - name: Build and test with Maven
+        run: mvn -B verify --file pom.xml

.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yaml

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+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@25dd0e34f4fe68f24cc83900b1fe3fe149efef98 # v3
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          skip-commit-verification: true
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
+
+      - name: Approve a PR if not already approved
+        run: |
+          gh pr checkout "$PR_URL"
+            if [ "$(gh pr status --json reviewDecision -q .currentBranch.reviewDecision)" != "APPROVED" ];
+          then
+            gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+          else
+            echo "PR already approved.";
+          fi
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}