New workflow for maven central release.

.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml

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+name: Publish package to the Maven Central Repository
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        description: "The branch to checkout when cutting the release."
+        required: true
+        default: "central"
+      releaseVersion:
+        description: "Default version to use when preparing a release."
+        required: true
+        default: "X.Y.Z"
+      developmentVersion:
+        description: "Default version to use for new local working copy."
+        required: true
+        default: "X.Y.Z-SNAPSHOT"
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
+      - name: Set up
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: maven
+          server-id: central
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+      - name: Configure git user
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "Github Actions"
+          git config user.email "[email protected]"
+      - name: Publish package
+        run: mvn -P release --batch-mode release:prepare release:perform -DreleaseVersion=${{ github.event.inputs.releaseVersion }} -DdevelopmentVersion=${{ github.event.inputs.developmentVersion }}
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_TOKEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD }}