feat: integrate JReleaser for automated releases

- Add JReleaser Maven plugin
- Updated `.gitignore` to include `.env.keys`.
- Create GitHub Actions workflow for releasing new versions and publishing to Maven Central
- Add JReleaser configuration file for changelog management

.github/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - octocat
+
+  categories:
+    - title: 🎉 New Features
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+        - feature
+
+    - title: 🐞 Bug Fixes
+      labels:
+        - bug
+
+    - title: 📔 Documentation
+      labels:
+        - documentation
+
+    - title: 🔨 Dependency Upgrades
+      labels:
+        - dependencies
+
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"
+
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - breaking-change

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+    branches:
+      - 'feat/jreleaser'
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    name: "Release new version and publish to the Maven Central Repository"
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: maven
+
+      - name: Retrieve release version from tag
+        id: retrieve_release_version
+        run: release_version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}; echo "release_version=$release_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Set release version
+        id: set_release_version
+        run: mvn -B versions:set -DnewVersion=${{ steps.current_version.outputs.release_version }}
+
+      - name: Commit & Push changes
+        uses: actions-js/push@master
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          message: Perform release ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Release to Maven Central
+        env:
+          JRELEASER_NEXUS2_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_NEXUS2_USERNAME }}
+          JRELEASER_NEXUS2_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_NEXUS2_PASSWORD }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY }}
+          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: mvn -B -pl spring-mvc-test-utils -Prelease jreleaser:deploy
+
+      - name: Set next development version
+        run: mvn -B build-helper:parse-version versions:set-property -Dproperty=revision -DnewVersion=\${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.\${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.\${parsedVersion.nextIncrementalVersion} versions:commit
+
+      - name: Commit & Push changes
+        uses: actions-js/push@master
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          message: Set next development version
+          tags: true

pom.xml

@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@
 
 		<slf4j-api.version>1.7.36</slf4j-api.version>
 
-		<junit-jupiter.version>5.11.0</junit-jupiter.version>
+		<junit-jupiter.version>5.11.1</junit-jupiter.version>
 
 		<lombok.version>1.18.34</lombok.version>
 
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<versions-maven-plugin.version>2.17.1</versions-maven-plugin.version>
 		<maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.25.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
-		<spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.8.6.3</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
+		<spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.8.6.4</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
 
 		<sonar.organization>f-lopes</sonar.organization>
 		<sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>

spring-mvc-test-utils/pom.xml

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         <maven-jxr-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-jxr-plugin.version>
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.4.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
+        <jreleaser-maven-plugin.version>1.14.0</jreleaser-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -195,6 +196,13 @@
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
+            <properties>
+                <spotbugs.skip>true</spotbugs.skip>
+                <pmd.skip>true</pmd.skip>
+                <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+                <altDeploymentRepository>local::file:${project.build.outputDirectory}/staging-deploy
+                </altDeploymentRepository>
+            </properties>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
@@ -216,6 +224,9 @@
                                 <goals>
                                     <goal>jar</goal>
                                 </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <attach>true</attach>
+                                </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
@@ -229,6 +240,9 @@
                                 <goals>
                                     <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
                                 </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <attach>true</attach>
+                                </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
@@ -251,32 +265,38 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-                        <extensions>true</extensions>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>default-deploy</id>
-                                <phase>deploy</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>deploy</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
+                        <groupId>org.jreleaser</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jreleaser-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${jreleaser-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
-                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <jreleaser>
+                                <signing>
+                                    <active>ALWAYS</active>
+                                    <armored>true</armored>
+                                </signing>
+                                <deploy>
+                                    <maven>
+                                        <nexus2>
+                                            <maven-central>
+                                                <active>ALWAYS</active>
+                                                <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local</url>
+                                                <snapshotUrl>
+                                                    https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/
+                                                </snapshotUrl>
+                                                <closeRepository>true</closeRepository>
+                                                <releaseRepository>false</releaseRepository>
+                                                <stagingRepositories>target/staging-deploy</stagingRepositories>
+                                            </maven-central>
+                                        </nexus2>
+                                    </maven>
+                                </deploy>
+                            </jreleaser>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
-            <properties>
-                <spotbugs.skip>true</spotbugs.skip>
-                <pmd.skip>true</pmd.skip>
-                <skipTests>true</skipTests>
-            </properties>
         </profile>
     </profiles>