Add Java CI workflow with Gradle and dependency submission

.github/workflows/gradle.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Java CI with Gradle
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Clear Gradle cache (one-time fix)
+        run: rm -rf ~/.gradle/caches
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: '17'
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+
+      - name: Build with Gradle Wrapper
+        run: ./gradlew build

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists