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+name: Publish package to the Maven Central Repository
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - release/*
+
+# this is required by spotless for JDK 16+
+env:
+  JAVA_11_PLUS_MAVEN_OPTS: "--add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED"
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Maven Central Repository
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'maven'
+          server-id: sonatype-nexus-staging
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+      - name: Maven Install and Site with Code Coverage
+        env:
+          MAVEN_OPTS: ${{ env.JAVA_11_PLUS_MAVEN_OPTS }}
+        run: mvn -B clean install site -D enable-ci --file pom.xml "-Dsurefire.argLine=--add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED"
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: maven-target-directory
+          path: target/
+          retention-days: 3
+        
+      - name: Publish package
+        run: mvn -B clean deploy -DskipTests -Prelease
+        env:
+          MAVEN_OPTS: ${{ env.JAVA_11_PLUS_MAVEN_OPTS }}
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY_PASSPHRASE }}