maven.yml

# Human-readable name
name: Java CI

# Build on every push and pull request regardless of the branch
# Wiki: https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows
on:
    - push
    - pull_request

jobs:
  # job id
  build_and_test:

    # Environment image - always use latest OS
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Run steps
    steps:
    # Pull changes
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
    # Cache artifacts - however this has the downside that we don't get notified of
    # artifact resolution failures like invalid repository
    # Nevertheless the repositories should be more stable, and it makes no sense to pull
    # a same version every time
    # A dry run would make more sense
    - uses: actions/cache@v2.1.5
      with:
        path: ~/.m2/repository
        key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
        restore-keys: |
          ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
    # Setup Java
    - name: Set up JDK
      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
      with:
        distribution: 'adopt'
        # Use Java 8, because it's minimum required version
        java-version: 8
    # Build and test (included in package)
    - name: Build with Maven and test
    # Run non-interactive, package (with compile+test),
    # ignore snapshot updates, because they are likely to have breaking changes, enforce checksums to validate possible
    # errors in dependencies
      run: mvn package --batch-mode --no-snapshot-updates --strict-checksums --file pom.xml