Merge branch 'develop' into ci/snapshotrelease

# Conflicts:
#	.github/workflows/dependabot.yml

Author: swissiety

.github/workflows/dependency_analysis.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Codestyle etc.
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  check-formatting:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Check style
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Java 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: adopt
+          java-package: jdk
+          java-version: 17
+          cache: maven
+
+      # Checks that the code sticks to a common code style
+      - name: Run spotless checks
+        run: mvn spotless:check || echo "Check the formatting. Use mvn spotless:apply to format the code."
+
+      # Runs Maven's dependency analysis to identify unused and undeclared dependencies and fails the build if there are any warnings.
+      - name: Run dependency analysis
+        run: mvn dependency:analyze -DfailOnWarning

.github/workflows/formalities.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
-        <wala.version>1.6.11</wala.version>
+        <wala.version>1.6.12</wala.version>
         <license.dir>${project.parent.basedir}</license.dir>
     </properties>
 

.github/workflows/style.yml

@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.19.0</version>
+                    <version>2.19.1</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <!-- Plugin to format pom files and source code -->
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
                     <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.46.1</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <pom>
                             <sortPom>
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
                         <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.8.0</version>
+                        <version>0.9.0</version>
                         <extensions>true</extensions>
                         <configuration>
                             <deploymentName>${project.artifactId} ${project.version}</deploymentName>