MLE-24505 Modernizing all Gradle config

[rjrudin]

I think there's more to be done here - haven't chatted with Copilot yet - but this at least gets things looking very similar to our other repos that use maven-publish.

[github-actions]

Copyright Validation Results
Total: 7 | Passed: 1 | Failed: 0 | Skipped: 6 | at: 2025-09-30 21:31:55 UTC | commit: 8e79b0c

⏭️ Skipped (Excluded) Files

• build.gradle
• examples/build.gradle
• marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle
• marklogic-client-api/build.gradle
• marklogic-client-api/gradle.properties
• test-app/build.gradle

✅ Valid Files

• marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/ProgressDataCloudAuthenticationDebugger.java

✅ All files have valid copyright headers!

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR modernizes Gradle configuration across the project to align with best practices and maven-publish plugin standards. The changes modernize build script syntax, update publishing configuration, and improve consistency across modules.

• Updates build.gradle files to use modern Gradle syntax and practices
• Modernizes Maven publishing configuration with cleaner POM generation
• Consolidates and standardizes configuration patterns across modules

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 7 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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File	Description
test-app/build.gradle	Adds copyright header, properties plugin, and modernizes build directory references
marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/ProgressDataCloudAuthenticationDebugger.java	Fixes class name to match filename
marklogic-client-api/gradle.properties	Adds Maven Central publishing configuration properties
marklogic-client-api/build.gradle	Major refactoring of publishing configuration and task modernization
marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle	Removes duplicate test configuration
examples/src/main/java/com/marklogic/client/example/cookbook/README.md	Removes entire documentation file
examples/build.gradle	Updates copyright header and removes unnecessary plugins

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[Copilot]

The mainClass references 'MarkLogicCloudAuthenticationDebugger' but the class was renamed to 'ProgressDataCloudAuthenticationDebugger' in the same PR. This will cause the task to fail at runtime.

Suggested change

	mainClass = 'com.marklogic.client.test.MarkLogicCloudAuthenticationDebugger'
	mainClass = 'com.marklogic.client.test.ProgressDataCloudAuthenticationDebugger'

[Copilot]

The 'from components.java' line should be outside the pom block. It belongs at the same level as the pom configuration, not inside it.

Suggested change

	pom {
	name = "${group}:${project.name}"
	description = "The MarkLogic Java Client API"
	packaging = "jar"
	from components.java
	from components.java
	pom {
	name = "${group}:${project.name}"
	description = "The MarkLogic Java Client API"
	packaging = "jar"

[Copilot]

The SCM connection URLs are malformed. They should be 'scm:git:[email protected]:marklogic/java-client-api.git' (with 'git:' prefix) to follow Maven SCM URL format.

Suggested change

	connection = "scm:[email protected]:marklogic/java-client-api.git"
	developerConnection = "scm:[email protected]:marklogic/java-client-api.git"
	connection = "scm:git:git@github.com:marklogic/java-client-api.git"
	developerConnection = "scm:git:git@github.com:marklogic/java-client-api.git"