Fix the PMD violations reported by the Maven site (#122) - #126

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/checkout@v4, actions/setup-java@v4, jwgmeligmeyling/checkstyle-github-action@v1.2, s4u/maven-settings-action@v3.1.0, sentrysoftware/upload-buildinfo-outputs@v2. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/