chore: refactored the release.yml file

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Changes

This PR refactors the release.yml by removing the java-release.yml file and composing all actions to a single file

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Release Process

  • Updated the release workflow to publish packages to Maven Central and create GitHub releases directly.
  • Preserved versioning, prerelease checks, release-note retrieval, and duplicate-tag safeguards.
  • Removed the obsolete standalone Java release workflow.

• Documentation

  • Updated release process documentation to reflect the consolidated workflow and security scanning steps.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The reusable Java release workflow was removed. The main release workflow now performs versioning, tag validation, Maven Central publication, and GitHub release creation. Project documentation now references the consolidated workflow.

Changes

Release workflow consolidation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Inline release publication and documentation .github/workflows/release.yml, .github/workflows/java-release.yml, CLAUDE.md	The reusable Java release job was replaced with inline checkout, release metadata, tag validation, Maven publication, and GitHub release steps. Documentation now references release.yml.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Suggested reviewers: amitsingh05667

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ReleaseJob
  participant GitHubRepository
  participant MavenCentral
  participant GitHubRelease
  ReleaseJob->>GitHubRepository: Checkout repository and inspect release tag
  GitHubRepository-->>ReleaseJob: Return source and tag status
  ReleaseJob->>MavenCentral: Publish signed artifacts
  ReleaseJob->>GitHubRelease: Create release with metadata and commit SHA

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title identifies the refactor of release.yml, which matches the pull request's main change.

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch release_pipeline_refactor

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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⚠️ Outside diff range comments (1)

CLAUDE.md (1)

576-586: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the automatic GitHub release creation.

The workflow now creates the GitHub release in .github/workflows/release.yml lines 98-106. Line 586 still instructs a manual post-release creation. Update this section to state that the release job validates the tag and creates the GitHub release automatically.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@CLAUDE.md` around lines 576 - 586, Update the “Post-release” section to
remove the manual GitHub release instruction and state that the release job in
release.yml validates the tag and automatically creates the GitHub release,
including the tag and changelog excerpt.

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 59-106: Add a top-level description field to the action.yml
metadata for each local action referenced by get_version, get_prerelease,
get_release_notes, tag_exists, maven-publish, and release-create. Use concise,
accurate descriptions of each action’s purpose and ensure all actionlint checks
pass.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@CLAUDE.md`:
- Around line 576-586: Update the “Post-release” section to remove the manual
GitHub release instruction and state that the release job in release.yml
validates the tag and automatically creates the GitHub release, including the
tag and changelog excerpt.

🪄 Autofix

Fix all unresolved CodeRabbit comments on this PR:

• Push a commit to this branch (recommended)
• Create a new PR with the fixes

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ℹ️ Review info

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• .github/workflows/java-release.yml
• .github/workflows/release.yml
• CLAUDE.md

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• .github/workflows/java-release.yml